Merge
Engineering Manager, Agent Handler
$230K–$270K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Jul 2, 2026
- Experience
- 6+ years of engineering experience, including 1+ years in management.
About the job
Leads a 5–8-person engineering team building Agent Handler products from early development toward product-market fit, while contributing hands-on to technical and product decisions.
What you'll do
- Lead and develop the engineering team while building new products and hiring talent.
- Own product roadmaps, architecture, and technical decisions; balance experimentation with enterprise reliability.
- Partner with product, design, and GTM, and drive team adoption of AI-enabled development and automation.
What they ask for
- 6+ years of engineering experience and 1+ years in management.
- Experience leading teams of 5+ engineers in fast-paced startup environments.
- Hands-on leadership, product-roadmap ownership or influence, and experience building and scaling engineering teams.
- Familiarity with modern backend systems and infrastructure; ability to manage priorities and cross-functional initiatives.
Nice to have
- Interest or experience in AI/ML or developer tooling, or demonstrated curiosity through AI side projects.
Pay
$230,000 to 270,000 (base salary)
Tools
Django, Python, Postgres, AWS, Kubernetes
AI focus
Build products extending Merge into tools and actions for AI; promote AI-enabled development and automation across the team.
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