Tech Lead Manager

• Writing production-level code and contributing directly to our systems and products (50% of your time)
• Managing and mentoring a team of engineers, driving career growth, and fostering a strong engineering culture
• Leading technical design, architecture decisions, and code reviews to ensure scalability and reliability
• Prototype and scale new evaluation frameworks, benchmarks, and RL environments
• Setting engineering guardrails that enable rapid growth without sacrificing stability or code quality
• Hiring and onboarding top-tier technical talent quickly, including across geographies
• Coordinating cross-functional projects with product, operations, and data teams to deliver high-impact outcomes
• Work closely with research labs to provide high quality data for post training
• Identifying and addressing bottlenecks in engineering processes as we scale rapidly

• Strong background in backend engineering (Python/Django or similar) with proven ability to ship in production
• Experience managing and scaling engineering teams while still contributing as an IC
• Familiarity with LLM internals, most recent benchmarks, post training is a bonus
• Direct experience coaching both individual contributors and engineering managers
• Ability to hire top talent quickly and effectively in distributed team setups
• Strong communication skills
• able to explain technical trade-offs in plain business terms
• Hyper-growth mindset
• thrives in chaos and brings structure without heavy process
• Above all: a builder-leader hybrid who thrives on both coding and coaching

Familiarity with LLM internals, most recent benchmarks, post training

• Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
• A $20K relocation bonus (if moving to the Bay Area)
• A $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
• A $1K monthly stipend for meals
• Free Equinox membership
• Health insurance