# Engineering Manager, Core Product

**Company:** [Finch](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/finch)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Salary:** $210k – $240k/yr
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** APIs, Node.js, Postgres, Redis, AWS, OAuth, Distributed Systems, System Design, testing best practices
**Posted:** 2026-02-24

> Lead and scale an engineering team building an API and data platform. Set technical direction, mentor engineers, collaborate with product on roadmap, and drive efficiency using automation and LLMs. Requires 7+ years development experience including 2+ years people management, plus strong distributed systems and API expertise.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do

- Live by and champion our values: empathy, execution, humility, curiosity.
- Lead a dynamic, first-class engineering team that will scale as the company and business grows, identifying and filling any team gaps.
- Develop a team-oriented, supportive culture with a strong focus on creating a working environment that fosters collaboration, open communication, and delivering outcomes.
- Be responsible for team output across multiple axes: execution, speed, technical excellence, and reliability.
- Collaborate with Product in setting roadmap and priorities to ensure we’re delivering a valuable and delightful customer experience.
- Constantly improve team productivity, refine agile processes, and create methods to increase efficiency.
- Support and mentor your team, providing feedback and opportunities for career development and growth.
- Set best practices, standards, culture, and policies.

## What You'll Bring

- 7+ years of relevant development experience, ideally in a start-up environment; 2+ years of which include people-management experience.
- Ability to clearly define deliverables and timetables, with demonstrated ability to balance multiple priorities in complex environments and manage teams to successful project completion.
- Detail-oriented approach to challenges and the ability to drive initiatives to completion.
- Exposure to high-growth environments.
- Knowledge of software engineering best practices, with a focus on both technical excellence and team dynamics.
- Excellent written and oral business communication and people skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders, including technical leaders and executive management.
- Experience working with cross-functionality across multiple teams to deliver high-quality products.
- Passion for creating a positive, inclusive, and supportive team culture that promotes career growth for all members.

## Skills

- Deep experience working with APIs.
- Strong product sense and a knack for building a platform that effectively balances serving different types of customers.
- Strong system-design instincts and experience working with distributed systems.
- Experience working with technologies like NodeJS, PostgreSQL, Redis or similar.
- Experience using a cloud provider. AWS is a bonus.
- Familiar with various API authentication and authorization methods; particularly OAuth.
- Strong knowledge of testing best practices.

## What We Offer

- Competitive equity with a 10-year exercise window
- Full medical, dental, and vision coverage (100% for employees, 85% for dependents)
- Unlimited PTO (with a 3-week minimum)
- 401(k) plan
- Regular team offsites and meetups
- Hybrid work: 2+ days/week in our SF Office

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