Instabase
Technical Lead Manager
San Francisco, CA
Sponsorship not specified$23k-$270kDetected 21 days ago
PythonGoReactNode.jsSQLPostgreSQLRedisAWSGCPDockerKubernetesNLPLLMsRAGLangGraphSystems EngineeringResearchLeadershipMentoring
About the role
- We keep our teams intentionally lean and fast.
- You will serve as a Player-Coach leading a tight, elite squad of 3 to 5 AI systems engineers.
- At Instabase, we believe managers of small teams should stay close to the metal.
Responsibilities
- Architect Stateful Agent Loops: Design and implement highly reliable, multi-turn agentic planning and execution state machines capable of self-correction, tool orchestration, and long-context memory persistence.
- Build Secure Execution Sandboxes: Own the runtime execution layer where model-generated code (such as Python data-analysis scripts) is safely isolated, monitored, and run in real-time without compromising enterprise security boundaries.
- Build Evaluation & Trajectory Testing Harnesses: Establish programmatic frameworks (using LLM-as-a-judge and trajectory evaluations) to test if agent loops, tool-calling selections, and error recoveries behave safely and deterministically.
- 8+ Years of Professional Engineering Experience: A strong, proven background in software engineering, with significant tenure building and scaling backend systems, infrastructure, or platform services.
- Active LLM & Agentic Engineering Experience: Practical, hands-on experience building production-grade LLM applications, multi-agent workflows (using DAGs or state machines), or tool-calling executors.
- Systems & Infrastructure Rigor: Deep familiarity with building secure sandboxed runtimes, container isolation, API platforms, caching strategies, or high-throughput real-time data streaming.
- Small-Team Leadership Experience: Proven track record of mentoring senior engineers, driving technical design reviews, and leading high-velocity squads as a Tech Lead, TLM, or hands-on EM.
Requirements
- You are excited about the prospect of coding daily and staying out of the meetings and administrative bloat of traditional big-tech management.
Skills
- LangGraph, LangChain, Go/Python, React, Node, Next.js.
- Secure sandboxed runtimes (Docker, gVisor, WebAssembly), GCP, AWS, Kubernetes, Cloud SQL (PostgreSQL, TimescaleDB), Redis, Pub/Sub.
Compensation
- The base salary range for this role is $230,00 to $270,000 + bonus, equity, and benefits. The actual pay may vary based on factors such as location, experience, and skills.
- 401(k) with Matching: We've got your back for a secure future.
- Lunch on Us: Enjoy a lunch credit when you're in the office.
- Research shows that in order to apply for a job, women feel they need to meet 100% of the criteria while men usually apply after meeting about 60%.
- Regardless of how you identify, if you believe you can do the job and are a good match, we encourage you to apply.
- Compensation: The base salary range for this role is $230,00 to $270,000 + bonus, equity, and benefits.
Benefits
- Flexible PTO: Because life is better when you actually live it!
- Comprehensive Coverage: Top-notch medical, dental, and vision insurance.
- Parental Leave & Fertility
- Therapy Sessions Covered: Mental health matters- 10 free sessions through Samata Health.
- Wellness Stipend: For gym memberships, fitness tech, or whatever keeps you thriving.
Company info
- Bootstrap, hire, and mentor a small, elite, high-velocity team of software and AI engineers.
- Our Technical Stack
Equal opportunity
- Instabase is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Equal Opportunity Employer.
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