Senior Engineering Manager (Staff Level)

Senior Engineering Manager (Staff-Level) | Boston (4 days onsite)Our client is building an AI-powered platform transforming how local service businesses get discovered, trusted, and booked. They’re at a true inflection point with strong product-market fit, rapid growth, and the backing to scale in a big way.They’re looking for a Senior Engineering Manager (Staff-level) to play a critical role in shaping technical direction while staying close to the code. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll build, mentor, and drive impact across a fast-growing engineering team. If you enjoy solving complex problems, leading from the front, and building products that have real-world impact—this is a great opportunity to step into a high-leverage role.What You’ll DoDesign and build scalable systems that power a rapidly growing platformStay hands-on in the code while leading technical initiatives across teamsMentor and develop engineers, helping level up the overall teamPartner closely with product and leadership to drive technical strategy and executionImprove system architecture, performance, and reliability as the platform scalesHelp shape engineering best practices and processes across podsWhat We’re Looking For8–10+ years of experience building and scaling web applicationsStrong experience with Python and Django (or Django REST Framework) in productionFrontend experience with React, TypeScript, or JavaScriptExperience with AWS (Fargate, S3, ECR) and modern CI/CD pipelinesStrong database experience (PostgreSQL, Redis, etc.)Proven ability to lead technical initiatives and mentor engineersComfortable operating as a player-coach (hands-on + leadership)Bonus: exposure to AI/ML tools, OpenAI APIs, or agentic workflowsWhat’s in It for YouCompetitive compensation High-impact role at a company with real momentum and strong backingOpportunity to step into a staff-level leadership role with ownership and influenceCollaborative, high-energy team that values building and shipping