Lead a high-performing engineering team rebuilding the financial backbone for American agriculture and industry. You will own the full employee lifecycle, from hiring senior talent to mentoring engineers, while scaling a modern platform that replaces legacy paperwork with automated tools for accounting, banking, and real-time financial clarity.
Engineering Manager at Series A financial infrastructure startup backed by Thrive Capital
Join a mission-driven Series A startup backed by Thrive Capital and Dylan Field that is rebuilding the financial infrastructure for the American backbone—agriculture and industry. As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a world-class team of 13+ engineers using a modern TypeScript/React stack to replace outdated legacy systems with sophisticated accounting and banking tools. This is a rare opportunity to define a best-in-class, AI-augmented engineering culture while reporting to a leadership team with a track record of scaling organizations from 4 to 130+. Help independent operators achieve financial clarity and generational resilience.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Ambrook
Series A financial infrastructure startup backed by Thrive Capital and Figma CEO Dylan Field
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Manage the full employee lifecycle for 4-5 engineers, focusing on hiring senior ICs, coaching, and career development as the team scales.
- Partner with Product and Design leadership to influence the roadmap, balancing technical debt with the delivery of high-impact full-stack features.
- Champion engineering excellence by establishing project management hygiene and guiding the team through complex architectural trade-offs in a TypeScript and React environment.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Proven leadership experience with 2-5+ years in engineering management at high-growth startups (Series A-D) and a strong background as a high-performing IC.
- Technically sophisticated and AI-native, with the ability to reason about how LLMs and modern tooling are fundamentally changing the software development lifecycle.
- Exceptional people-first instincts, focusing on solving organizational challenges through mentorship and culture before moving to technical implementation.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Direct real-world impact: Build tools that help family-run businesses and independent operators become profitable and climate-resilient, rather than shipping products for faceless enterprises.
- Elite backing and leadership: Join a Series A team funded by Thrive Capital and Homebrew, reporting to a Head of Engineering who scaled orgs at Twitter and Chainalysis.
- AI-Native culture: Help define the future of engineering management by pragmatically integrating AI tools into the development workflow to solve complex, messy real-world data problems.
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