Engineering Manager, Product Engineering

San Francisco, California, Remote. Posted 8 months ago

The role

You will lead a multidisciplinary pod of frontend, backend, and full-stack engineers to build AI-powered product tooling. You will own execution from 0 to 1 prototypes through to scaled production systems.

What you will do

Lead and develop a pod of engineers across frontend, backend, and full-stack disciplines.
Own execution of key AI-powered product initiatives from prototypes to scale.
Partner with Product and Design on roadmap planning, tradeoffs, and prioritization.
Drive predictable delivery while maintaining quality, reliability, and maintainability.
Provide technical leadership through design reviews and architectural discussions.
Collaborate cross-functionally with data, platform, and AI/agents teams.
Establish engineering fundamentals including documentation, observability, and testing.
Foster a culture of high trust, high velocity, and candid communication.
Hire and develop exceptional talent.

Required qualifications

5+ years of software engineering experience
2–5+ years of people management experience leading multidisciplinary product teams
Strong product engineering background building workflow-heavy or data-rich applications
Experience building or integrating AI/LLM-powered features into production systems
Ability to operate in ambiguous problem spaces
Technical depth to review code and guide architecture
Experience partnering with Product and Design
Strong communication skills and comfort engaging with customers
U.S. Citizenship Required

Nice to have

Experience scaling or evolving product engineering pods
Background in B2B or enterprise software
Experience with data-rich, workflow-heavy, or real-time products
Familiarity with event-driven systems or complex integrations

Benefits

TRM coordinates and covers approved travel, lodging, and workspace for R&D weeks
Accommodations available for legitimate caregiving, health, immigration, and similar constraints

Before you apply

U.S. Citizenship Required
Interview process includes a case study, an AI skills assessment, and a Leadership Principles interview
You will be evaluated on applied AI fluency during the interview process
Use of AI tools during interviews is not permitted without prior approval

About the company

TRM Labs provides AI-powered intelligence solutions that help public and private sector agencies investigate and disrupt crime. The company is a Series C company headquartered in San Francisco.