About the Role
We're hiring an Engineering Manager who is a true player-coach. You will both write production code and lead a small, high-performing team that serves . This role is for someone who loves building, shipping, and owning outcomes, not just managing process.
You'll spend a meaningful portion of your time hands on in the codebase while also setting direction, mentoring engineers, and keeping the team moving fast.
location: San Francisco, California
job type: Permanent
salary: $200,000 - 300,000 per year
work hours: 9am to 5pm
education: Bachelors
responsibilities:
What You'll Do
- Spend ~50% of your time reviewing and shipping production code
- Build effective systems and processes that scale
- Own delivery end to end: planning, execution, and quality
- Lead and mentor engineers through 1:1s, feedback, and career growth
- Act as the technical bar raiser for the team
- Partner closely with Product to turn ambiguous requirements into shipped features
- Unblock engineers quickly and make pragmatic tradeoffs
- Run lean sprint rituals focused on shipping, not ceremony
- Drive architectural decisions that balance speed and scalability
- Hire, onboard, and ramp engineers as the team grows
- Modern web stack (Next.js, ClickHouse, Temporal)
qualifications:
What We're Looking For
Interest and experience leading an engineering team
Strong senior engineer background with recent hands on coding experience
Prior experience as a player-coach, tech lead, or engineering manager
Comfortable owning complex systems and debugging in production
Proven ability to move fast without sacrificing quality
Clear communicator who leads by example
Bias toward action and accountability
Nice to Have
Early stage or high growth startup experience
B2B SaaS or data intensive systems experience
Experience evolving from player-coach into pure EM over time
Equal Opportunity Employer: Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status.
At Randstad Digital, we welcome people of all abilities and want to ensure that our hiring and interview process meets the needs of all applicants. If you require a reasonable accommodation to make your application or interview experience a great one, please contact HRsupport@randstadusa.com.
Pay offered to a successful candidate will be based on several factors including the candidate's education, work experience, work location, specific job duties, certifications, etc. In addition, Randstad Digital offers a comprehensive benefits package, including: medical, prescription, dental, vision, AD&D, and life insurance offerings, short-term disability, and a 401K plan (all benefits are based on eligibility).
This posting is open for thirty (30) days.
Qualified applicants in San Francisco with criminal histories will be considered for employment in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act.
We will consider for employment all qualified Applicants, including those with criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the City of Los Angeles' Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.
