Engineering Manager, Data Activation
$279,000–$377,000 year
On-site · San Francisco, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead and grow an AI-first product engineering organization focused on data activation and infrastructure that moves data from Mixpanel into customers’ stacks. Own execution, quality, and operations for AI-powered product experiences, hire and coach engineers, shape product direction with Product and Design, set the technical bar, and empower teams to move quickly without sacrificing quality. This role emphasizes leadership through influence, building an ownership culture, and delivering scalable, reliable data infrastructure and real-time data streaming that enables personalization, lifecycle marketing, ad targeting, and AI agents.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years engineering experience
- 4+ years leading engineering teams
- Experience building and running infrastructure supporting real-world, customer-facing web applications
- Experience building and using AI-powered products in production environments
- Proven collaboration with product managers and designers on meaningful infrastructure
- Strong judgment in technical tradeoffs
- Evidence of leadership through influence, alignment, and growing others
- Director candidates must have experience managing managers
- Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making tradeoffs, and bringing clarity to complex org structures
- High level of ownership, accountability, and product intuition
- The role is distributed across North America with strong clusters in the SF Bay Area, Seattle, and Austin
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