shipping smaller projects, bugfixes, and improving the agent environment using coding agents Driving your teams agentic engineering transformation: constantly asking whats still being done manually, identifying slowdowns and roadblocks, and actively closing the gap Setting the pace and driving velocity while articulating and setting a high quality bar Collaborating closely and effectively with partner functions like Product/Design/many more to execute effectively in the AI era Proactively pushing for changes to shared infrastructure, tooling, and systems that help the broader engineering org become more agentic Building and maintaining a healthy, high-performing team culture What were looking for 8+ years of IC software engineering experience on fast-paced, high performance teams 4+ years of direct team management experience Strong backend, systems, platform/infra, or performance background Deeply technical and building faster than ever with coding agents High agency but low ego Strong conviction that 10x engineering output is possible with agentic tools and practices Proven ability to drive velocity, hold a high quality bar, and give direct performance feedback Excited about working in-person in San Francisco at least 3-4 days per week Nice to haves Background in AI-native products and systems Track record of driving org-wide developer productivity or tooling initiatives Why work at Speak Join a fantastic, tight-knit team at the right time: were growing very quickly, weve most recently raised our Series C from some of the top investors in the valley, and weve achieved product-market fit in our initial markets. Youll lead engineers working on some of the most compelling problems in consumer AI, from building realtime voice AI systems to designing LLM orchestration platforms that power millions of personalized learning conversations to scaling inference infrastructure across global markets.