Tech Lead Manager​/Full Stack

Palo Alto, United States | Posted on 06/04/2026

• Salary $220,000 – $280,000 base + 5% equity + full benefits
• State/Province California
• Country United States

Company
Confidential | AI Workforce Optimization Platform

Location
San Francisco Bay Area, CA | Hybrid

Schedule
Full-Time | Hybrid (Bay Area on-site + remote flex)

Compensation
$220,000 – $280,000 base + 5% equity + full benefits

Employment
Direct Hire | IC/Manager Hybrid (
70% technical / 30% people leadership
)

Write production code and own architecture at a platform that has scaled 2,400% in three years. At $220K–$280K base + 5% equity
, this role is for the engineer who is ready to lead without stepping back from the work.

• Own architecture and delivery of full-stack features from React
  
  JS/Type Script UIs to backend services, APIs, and distributed data pipelines, on a platform that enterprise workforce planning teams depend on every day.
• Design and build scalable data processing pipelines (batch and streaming) and distributed backend systems using Postgre
  
  SQL, Redis, and Kubernetes.
• Set the technical bar across the team: lead architecture reviews, own code quality and performance standards, drive CI/CD and TDD practices, and stay hands-on through the full software lifecycle including on-call.
• Manage, mentor, and grow a team of engineers. Own hiring, career development, and day-to-day delivery. Partner with Product and Design to scope technical plans and communicate progress, risks, and trade-offs to leadership.

• 7+ years of hands-on software engineering with a strong full-stack background: modern frontend (React, Type Script) and backend (Ruby, Python, or Node.js); proven experience designing and operating distributed systems at scale with RESTful APIs, Postgre
  
  SQL, and cloud-native architecture (Kubernetes, containerization, microservices).
• 2+ years of engineering management or tech lead experience with direct reports, mentorship, and team-level delivery ownership. You lead engineers, you are still writing production code
  , and you make pragmatic, business-aware decisions in a fast-moving startup environment.
• Solid engineering fundamentals across the full lifecycle: testing (Jest, Cypress, or React Testing Library), code review, CI/CD, TDD, design documentation, and performance monitoring. Deep frontend fluency in component architecture, state management, performance, and accessibility.

You translate complex technical concepts clearly for both engineers and non-technical stakeholders.

Strong advantage: React Native for mobile development; experience with Redis, Apache Pinot, or real-time analytics infrastructure; background in AI/ML systems or data pipeline orchestration; early-stage startup experience from Seed to Series C.

$220,000 – $280,000 base salary + 5% equity + competitive benefits including medical, dental, and vision coverage. Hybrid schedule with Bay Area on-site presence and remote flex. Team events and offsites included. The equity position reflects a meaningful ownership stake at a company with documented enterprise traction and Inc. 5000 recognition.

This is a confidential search for a high-growth AI SaaS company,
Inc. 5000 ranked
, that has scaled 2,400% over three years and is expanding into large enterprise markets. The platform is production-proven, the team is lean and technical, and this TLM role carries direct influence over architecture, hiring, and product direction. Client identity is shared in the first conversation.

We're recruiting on behalf of our client/employer partner, an Equal Opportunity Employer. Reasonable accommodations are available - request assistance by contacting us at recruitingncy . We and/or the employer may use automated tools (including AI) to support parts of recruiting (e.g., organizing applications, identifying role-relevant qualifications, scheduling) with human oversight; these tools are not the sole basis for decisions; people make all hiring decisions, consistent with applicable laws (including California requirements where applicable).

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