Senior Engineering Manager

Job overview

The Senior Engineering Manager role is listed in San Francisco, CA. The posting does not specify compensation or a remote arrangement. HumanSignal builds data and software infrastructure for AI teams, including Label Studio and managed data services. The manager leads engineering delivery and people development while remaining hands-on with code and technical decisions. The role helps the team ship software more predictably, increase engineer ownership, and turn recurring customer and service issues into lasting product improvements.

What you'll do

• Manage engineers through one-on-ones, feedback, performance, promotions, and hiring
• plan, scope, and deliver software against a roadmap
• make tradeoffs explicit and negotiate realistic commitments
• remove blockers and improve team processes and AI-tooling use
• remain hands-on with code and architecture
• support engineers’ technical decisions without becoming an approval gate
• coordinate engineering responses to escalations and address recurring causes
• help engineers develop scoping, estimating, decision-making, and outcome ownership.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

senior engineering manager

engineering leadership

software delivery

people management

technical judgment

python

django

typescript

react

postgres

kubernetes

ai tooling

humansignal

san francisco ca

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

The role combines engineering management with hands-on software development and use of coding agents. The listed stack includes Python/Django, TypeScript/React, Postgres, and Kubernetes.

About the employer

HumanSignal is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.