Engineering Manager

The role

You will build and grow a high-performing engineering team of up to 8 software engineers. You will coach engineers through technical growth and career development while owning the execution of a significant portion of the product roadmap.

What you will do

• Build and grow a high-performing engineering team
• Directly manage a team of up to 8 software engineers
• Coach engineers through technical growth, career development, and increasing ownership
• Build a culture of high standards, rapid iteration, and thoughtful execution
• Identify, hire, onboard, and develop exceptional engineers
• Ship ambitious and successful product features
• Partner with product, designers, and engineers to prioritize goals
• Own the execution of a significant portion of Elicit’s roadmap
• Participate in architectural discussions and technical planning
• Review code and provide technical feedback

Required qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
• 3+ years directly managing software engineers
• Experience leading engineering teams at high-bar startups
• Strong computer science fundamentals
• Experience shipping complex, user-facing products with measurable business impact
• Track record of helping engineers grow through coaching, mentorship, and clear feedback
• Strong communication skills
• Ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and design
• Profound curiosity about language models, AI, and building products that improve reasoning and decision-making

Nice to have

• Enjoy helping engineers grow even more than writing code yourself
• Care deeply about engineering craftsmanship without slowing delivery
• Can comfortably switch between coaching a teammate, reviewing architecture, and discussing product priorities
• Prefer high-agency, low-process environments
• Are motivated by improving science, reasoning, and the long-term impact of AI

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Fully covered health, dental, vision, and life insurance
• Generous family coverage (FSA/HSA included)
• Flexible vacation policy with a recommendation of 20 days / year
• Plenty of company holidays
• $200 monthly wellbeing stipend
• 401K with a 6% employer match
• New Mac + $1,000 budget for workstation/home office in first year
• $500 annual budget for workstation/home office thereafter
• $1,000 quarterly AI Experimentation & Learning budget
• Team administrative assistant

About the company

Elicit is growing and currently has 20 engineers and two people managers.