FieldGuide
Senior Engineering Manager, Platform
$250K–$270K
San Francisco, CA or Remote (USA) · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of software engineering experience; 3+ years managing engineers.
About the job
Leads Fieldguide’s platform engineering team and roadmap, building core services, APIs, shared tools, and architecture that support product delivery across cloud environments.
What you'll do
- Hire, coach, and develop a team of ten engineers while managing performance and team growth.
- Set the platform vision and roadmap; oversee architecture, developer tooling, service standards, and platform investments.
- Drive cross-team improvements to product velocity and reliability, and manage operational health and executive communication.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of software engineering experience and 3+ years managing engineers, ideally including managers or multiple teams.
- Significant experience building product-facing platforms or foundational application services.
- Track record of hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers.
- Experience setting technical strategy and roadmaps across teams, plus fluency with cloud platforms, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
Nice to have
- AWS experience.
- Experience with AI-native product platforms, multi-tenant SaaS and single-tenant deployments, or early platform leadership at a vertical SaaS or enterprise AI company.
Pay
$250K – $270K USD base salary
Tools
AWS, Kubernetes
AI focus
The platform supports AI agents and includes agentic engineering capabilities; the role partners with AI engineering leaders. Bonus experience includes agent frameworks, model orchestration, or LLM-powered application surfaces.
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