Engineering Manager

Elicit

Engineering Manager at Elicit leading a team to build innovative AI-enhanced products and manage engineering excellence. Focused on team growth, technical leadership, and product execution.

Posted 7/14/2026full-timeOakland • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesSeniorLead💰 $250,000 - $300,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates strong leadership in building and managing high-performing engineering teams, with a focus on coaching, mentorship, and fostering a collaborative environment. Possesses deep technical expertise in software engineering, enabling effective architectural discussions and the delivery of complex, user-facing products.

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7+ Years Software Engineering Experience3+ Years Managing Software EngineersStrong Computer Science FundamentalsExperience Shipping User-Facing ProductsStrong Communication Skills

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Hard Skills

Software EngineeringTechnical CoachingPerformance ManagementArchitectural PlanningCode ReviewEngineering Process ImprovementScalabilityReliabilityUser-Facing Product DevelopmentTechnical Feedback

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentorshipCuriosityFeedback DeliveryTeam Building

Industry Keywords

High-Bar StartupsEngineering Team LeadershipAILanguage ModelsDecision-Making Products

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build and grow a high-performing engineering team
Directly manage a team of up to 8 software engineers.
Coach engineers through technical growth, career development, and increasing ownership.
Build a culture of high standards, rapid iteration, and thoughtful execution.
Help identify, hire, onboard, and develop exceptional engineers.
Partner closely with product, designers, and fellow engineers to prioritize tactical and strategic goals into an audacious roadmap.
Own the execution of a significant portion of Elicit’s roadmap.
Balance shipping quickly against building systems that remain maintainable as Elicit grows.
Remove execution bottlenecks and ensure the team consistently delivers high-quality work.
Participate in architectural discussions and technical planning.
Review code and provide thoughtful technical feedback.
Help engineers make strong engineering tradeoffs around performance, reliability, scalability, and simplicity.
Actively improve engineering processes, tooling, and team effectiveness.
Develop engineers into increasingly independent technical leaders.
Give actionable feedback through regular coaching and performance management.
Foster a collaborative environment where engineers learn from one another and continuously improve.
Guide the team towards wise use of coding agents: pushing for ambitious use while staying honest about what's actually saving time. Ensure that your team develops the skills to grow into this new way of working rather than being diminished by it.

Requirements

What you’ll need

7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
3+ years directly managing software engineers.
Experience leading engineering teams at high-bar startups.
Strong computer science fundamentals and the technical depth to earn the trust of senior engineers.
Experience shipping complex, user-facing products with measurable business impact.
A track record of helping engineers grow through coaching, mentorship, and clear feedback.
Strong communication skills and an ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design.
Profound curiosity about language models, AI, and building products that improve reasoning and decision-making.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Flexible work environment: work from our office in Oakland or remotely with time zone overlap (between GMT and GMT-8), as long as you’re comfortable traveling for quarterly in-person offsites
Fully covered health, dental, vision, and life insurance for you, generous coverage for the rest of your family (FSA/HSA, too)
Flexible vacation policy, with a minimum recommendation of 20 days / year and plenty of company holidays
Every Elician receives a $200 monthly wellbeing stipend to spend on whatever supports your health and wellbeing.
401K with a 6% employer match
A new Mac + $1,000 budget to set up your workstation or home office in your first year, then $500 every year thereafter
$1,000 quarterly AI Experimentation & Learning budget, so you can freely experiment with new AI tools to incorporate into your workflow, take courses, purchase educational resources, or attend AI-focused conferences and events
A team administrative assistant who can help you with personal and work tasks