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Senior Engineering Manager; Platform + DevEx + QA
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San Mateo, San Mateo County, California, 94401, USA
Listed on 2026-06-07
Listing for:
Kaav, Inc.
Full Time
position Listed on 2026-06-07
Job specializations:
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Software Development
Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Title:
Senior Engineering Manager (Platform + Dev Ex + QA)
Location:
Hybrid, Bay Area (San Mateo, CA 3x/week)
Benefits include: health benefits, 401K, commuter benefits, annual international retreats
8am-5pm work hours; weekly Monday morning All Hands at 8am
Client:
Stellic - Series A startup, has PMF; scaling within 1 quarter
About the Company: Born from Carnegie Mellon students' challenges, Stellic is tackling higher education's $200B dropout crisis. We partner with 75 universities across 7 countries-including Cornell, Columbia, and Ohio State-helping students plan and navigate their academic journey. Our platform has demonstrated significant impact, with strong testimonials from students, advisors, and administrators.
About the Role
:
As a Senior Engineering Manager at Stellic, you'll have the opportunity to lead multiple squads and work streams, each consisting of talented engineers and tech leads, to build innovative solutions that empower students and higher education institutions worldwide. You'll thrive in an environment that values collaboration, cross-cultural teamwork, and impactful engineering.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage 2-3 engineering squads of 3-7 engineers each distributed between HQ (San Mateo, CA) and our hub in Pakistan (Platform + Dev Ex + QA teams)
- Build a culture of high performance, collaboration, and ownership across distributed teams
- Guide and mentor tech leads and engineers, fostering career growth and development
- Drive squad delivery at high velocity with uncompromising quality
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional stakeholders in Product and Design to define roadmaps and prioritize initiatives
- Make strategic technical decisions to scale systems and improve performance
- Ensure seamless execution in the face of challenges unique to distributed teams, including time zones and communication
- At least 5 years in a software engineering management role
- Proven experience managing globally distributed engineering teams
- Strong leadership skills with a track record of developing high-performing teams
- Ability to facilitate communication and collaboration across diverse cultural and geographic backgrounds
- Deep understanding of technical architecture and system design
- Exceptional problem-solving skills and the ability to make strategic trade-offs
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Tech Stack:
Python, SQL, Shell, Django, Angular
JS, React, Remix, Postgre
SQL, AWS
- Competitive base salary + equity
- Medical, dental, vision, life insurance
- 401K and commuter benefits
- Annual international retreats
- Flexible, outcome-based culture
- Ground-floor growth opportunity
- Work with education thought leaders
- Customer-centric, innovative environment
Position Requirements
10+ Years
work experience
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