
Technical Engineering Manager
Ironclad
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: San Francisco • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $220,000 - $235,000 per year
About the role
- Manage and grow a high-performing team of engineers. Foster a culture of technical excellence, high agency, and pragmatic delivery.
- Lead the execution of our Intake, Review, and Archive agents. These agents are responsible for the automated extraction of contract-relevant metadata, eliminating manual data entry and ensuring data integrity for Ironclad customers.
- Actively participate in the codebase. You will help spec, design, and build front-end agentic interfaces and the orchestration layers that interface with LLMs.
- Beyond AI, you will own and improve the existing core systems that power these workflows, ensuring they are scalable, reliable, and maintainable.
- Lead by example in adopting AI tooling (Cursor, Claude Code, LLM-based automation) to improve engineering velocity and code quality.
- Partner with Product and Design to define the "Why." You will manage cross-team dependencies and ensure the team is building the right solutions for complex legal use cases.
- Work with Quality Engineering to define testing strategies for non-deterministic AI outputs, ensuring our agents are production-grade.
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of shipping production-grade web applications.
- 2+ years of experience in engineering management or technical leadership (TLM), with a proven ability to mentor and grow engineers.
- Hands-on experience building applications that interface with LLMs. You understand the nuances of prompt engineering, agentic loops, and handling LLM latency/reliability.
- Proficiency in TypeScript, React, and Node.js. Experience with Docker/Kubernetes and Google Cloud Platform is a plus.
- You thrive in the "zero-to-one" phase of a project. You are comfortable navigating ambiguity and can pivot quickly when technical constraints change.
- You care deeply about the user experience. You aren't just building a "cool" AI feature; you are solving the "tedious work" of legal professionals.
Benefits
- 100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available
- Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave
- Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner
- Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it
- Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use
- Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools
- Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees)
- 401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees)
- Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
- And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
software engineeringweb applicationsengineering managementtechnical leadershipprompt engineeringagentic loopsLLM latencyTypeScriptReactNode.js
Soft Skills
mentoringteam managementproblem-solvinguser experience focusnavigating ambiguityadaptabilitycollaborationcommunicationleadershiptechnical excellence