Engineering Manager

Zamp is not a company, we're a humanity catalyst. We're on a mission to enable people to move at the speed of thought.

This decade, we're focused on building digital employees for the future of work. We work with 50+ top global organizations and banks, including DoorDash, Uber, and Stripe. We raised a $22M seed round from Sequoia Capital, Dara Khosrowshahi (CEO, Uber), Tony Xu (CEO, DoorDash), and other global leaders.

We want to build the world's best team: passionate, authentic, relentlessly curious people who want to do their life's best work.

We're looking for an Engineering Manager to own delivery, hiring and team health as our engineering org scales toward ~30 engineers.

Our engineers are sharp, AI-native and move fast. What's missing is one person who drives on-time delivery, keeps customers happy, and bridges product, design and engineering. You'll be that person: close enough to the code to earn respect, and senior enough to set the bar for how we build, hire and grow.

This is a small, lean team with clear goals. We want someone who keeps focus sharp, cuts politics, and gives engineers real ownership, not more process.

• Own delivery. Make sure what we commit to ships on time and at quality. Set priorities across projects and unblock engineers fast, before someone is stuck on a problem for weeks.

• Hire great engineers. Build and close a strong pipeline, including people from your own network who meet our bar. Raise the hiring bar as we scale.

• Retain and grow the team. Run regular 1:1s with direct, timely feedback. Spot talent early, give people stretch problems, and keep morale and ownership high.

• Bridge product and engineering. Treat product, design and engineering as one unit. Translate customer and business needs into clear problem statements for the team.

• Show up for customers. Join customer and CTO calls to answer technical questions and represent engineering with credibility.

• Shape how we build. Define engineering culture, practices and platform health for a lean, AI-native team, keeping process light and adapting it to a small org.

• Allocate work well. Match projects to engineers based on interest, strength and growth, and rotate ownership before burnout sets in.

• 8+ years in software engineering, with 3+ years managing engineers directly

• A track record of building and scaling teams, ideally from ~10 to 25–30 engineers, without losing speed or quality

• Strong hands-on technical foundation in backend systems and distributed architecture; you can go deep on design reviews and earn engineers' trust

• Proven hiring ability, including a network of strong engineers who would want to work with you again

• Clear, opinionated thinking on what makes a great engineer and a great team, and the conviction to defend it

• A people-first style: approachable, a strong listener, and calm under pressure, who credits the team and takes the heat when things break

• Product sense: you care about what we build and why, not just how

• Comfort working in a small, fast-moving startup with high ownership and little hierarchy

• An AI-native mindset: you know how tools like Claude change team sizing, velocity and how engineers work

• Experience with our stack: Golang, Redis, Kafka / Pub/Sub, Kubernetes and job schedulers

• Experience in B2B SaaS, fintech, or AI / automation products

• Experience moving from a large engineering org to an early-stage team

We promote open communication, collaboration and empowerment. We value transparency, meritocracy and a strong work ethic. Join our early team and help us build something exceptional.

• Competitive salary and stock options with substantial upside

• Work alongside top talent

• Diverse and inclusive workplace

• Comprehensive medical insurance for you, your spouse and children

• A culture that celebrates every win

• Continuous learning and growth

• Good food, games and a comfortable office