Engineering Manager

The role

This Engineering Manager will own all engineering output including product quality, velocity, reliability, and security. You will scale the team from its current size to 15–20 engineers in 12 months and partner with the CEO on product direction.

What you will do

• Own all engineering output: product quality, velocity, reliability, and security
• Build the engineering team from current size to 15–20 in 12 months
• Set and enforce a shipping culture
• Partner directly with the CEO on product direction, prioritization, and customer-facing technical conversations
• Architect and evolve the platform for enterprise scale
• Establish lightweight but real engineering practices

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
• 8+ years of software engineering experience
• At least 3 years in a technical leadership or founding engineering role at a product-led company
• Demonstrated experience scaling an engineering team from small to 20+ engineers
• Deep, hands-on experience shipping AI/ML or agentic systems to production at enterprise scale
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

Nice to have

• Experience with agentic architectures
• Background in security, infrastructure, or enterprise SaaS
• Has operated in a domain where correctness matters (fintech, security, health, compliance)

Benefits

• Competitive salary + significant equity
• Flexible PTO
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Meals and snacks in the office
• Relocation and immigration support

About the company

Zania is building AI agents for enterprise governance, risk, and compliance teams to execute complex workflows with full explainability. The company is Series A and was founded by a former founding security engineer at Airbnb and builder of Microsoft Security Copilot.