Pulley
Senior Engineering Manager, AI
Job Summary
The role involves leading and mentoring an engineering team focused on AI-powered applications and agents, with a strong emphasis on leveraging LLMs and AI/ML products. The candidate should have at least 5 years of management experience, a technical background in software development, and the ability to translate complex ideas into simple solutions. Responsibilities include developing engineering frameworks, driving technical excellence, and aligning efforts with company goals. The culture values first principles thinking, shipping iteratively, candor, consideration, and a growth mindset.
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Job Description
Pulley's mission is to make it easier for anyone to start a company. We believe that more startups should exist and that founder-led companies are more successful in the long term. With Pulley’s cap table management tools, companies can better understand and optimize their equity for the long term. Starting a company is hard enough. Managing equity shouldn’t be.
We’re a high-performing team looking for passionate, execution-focused, self-starters to help us build equity management tools for founders. Pulley is growing quickly with over 3,500 active customers.
Our trajectory is fueled by top investors like YC, Founders Fund, Stripe, General Catalyst, Caffeinated Capital, 8vc, Elad Gil, among other great angels. All of our growth has been organic, and we’re growing the team to meet the demand.
🌟 Senior Engineering Manager
We're looking for an experienced Senior Engineering Manager who is passionate about utilizing AI to build impactful solutions to lead our Expansion engineering team. This is a strategic leadership position that shapes both our engineering culture and our product roadmap. You'll manage a team of engineers who are building agents and developing AI-powered applications.
💻 Our stack
- Frontend: React
- Backend: Go
🛠 Responsibilities
- Provide leadership and mentorship to a team of engineers/managers
- Partner with product and design to translate complex concepts into simple, intuitive products
- Develop and implement engineering frameworks and processes that enable team success
- Build and scale high-performing engineering teams through thoughtful hiring and development
- Drive technical excellence and innovation across the Expansion engineering team
- Balance team development with product delivery, viewing both as equally important responsibilities
- Collaborate across the organization to align engineering efforts with company goals
- Establish clear expectations and metrics for team performance
🙌 Qualifications
- 5+ years of engineering management experience, with a proven track record of successfully managing Staff Software Engineers
- Experience leading teams that are leveraging LLMs and AI/ML products to develop agents and tools
- Track record of building 0-1 and shipping high-quality software products
- Strong technical background with the ability to contribute to architectural discussions
- Experience translating complex domains into simple, elegant technical solutions
- A first-principles approach to problem-solving and framework-oriented thinking
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
💚 Benefits
US based benefits:
- Health, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Unlimited PTO
- 401(k) Match
✨ Our Culture
TL&DR - Pulley is a unique fit, tailored for those who align with our values and culture. We are looking for people who are excited about building a great company, not just working in a high-growth startup. In addition to function-specific skills, here are some traits that enable our team members to thrive:
- First Principles Thinking. We believe in breaking down problems into their most basic parts. We don’t reject ideas because they haven’t worked before. We understand “why did certain things work?” and apply it to our situation.
- Ship It & Iterate. Shipping is the starting line for learning. Ship something, talk to users, get feedback, and iterate. We focus on the inputs, on what we can control, not the outcomes. We take our best bets, and don’t fixate on the finish line.
- Boldly Honest & Aggressively Considerate. Being boldly honest means we push one another to act from first principles, set and hit goals, and ruthlessly prioritize. Being aggressively considerate means we care about each other as humans to win as a team. We speak up and embrace feedback.
- Default Yes. We believe that something is possible unless proven otherwise. Hard problems are often solved by people who didn’t know it was impossible.
We’re also inspired by the culture work done at other companies and plan to develop our own playbook here too. One of the concepts that resonate most with us is the importance of stunning colleagues. If you like the sound of our environment and you’re passionate about joining a team like the one we’ve described, we'd love to talk!
Annual Salary Range: $190,000 - $285,000 USD, plus equity to be negotiated.
Pulley
Pulley has helped thousands of companies manage their cap table and equity. Onboard with us today.
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