Engineering Manager, Burq
Merchants
+ Equity + performance-based bonuses
AI-powered last-mile delivery
Job no longer available
AI-powered last-mile delivery
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
+ Equity + performance-based bonuses
21-100 employees
Company mission
To make offering delivery simple, flexible, and turnkey for enterprises.
Role
Who you are
- 5+ years of engineering experience, including 2+ years managing engineering teams
- Proven track record managing multiple teams or a team of teams simultaneously
- Architect-caliber technical depth — you can make and own hard decisions on billing systems, API design, and product infrastructure
- Experience with Node.js/TypeScript, PostgreSQL, AWS, and Stripe (or equivalent payment infrastructure)
- Comfortable at a high-growth startup — priorities change, you adapt without losing momentum
- Player-coach mindset — you lead by example and can get hands dirty when the team needs it
- Strong communicator with technical and non-technical stakeholders alike
What the job involves
- We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead our Merchants engineering function — two closely related teams (Core and Growth) that together own the full merchant-facing product at Burq
- This is a builder-leader role
- You will own the technical direction, team health, and roadmap across both Merchants teams while managing dedicated leads under you
- You are the primary technical authority for billing architecture, checkout flows, and the delivery promise engine — the most strategically critical product surface at Burq heading into our enterprise expansion
- Manage and grow engineering leads for Merchants Core and Merchants Growth
- Run 1:1s, set goals, provide feedback, and develop your team
- Own hiring for your teams — source, interview, and close strong engineers
- Foster a culture of ownership, technical excellence, and direct communication
- Own architectural decisions across billing, invoicing, checkout, dashboard, and the delivery promise engine
- Write and review RFCs for non-trivial features — set the bar for how engineering decisions are made
- Review AI-generated and human-written code with equal rigor — you understand every line that ships
- Drive the evolution of Burq's merchant experience toward a full enterprise delivery platform
- Own sprint health, backlog quality, and delivery predictability across both teams
- Ensure KTLO (Keep the Lights On) work — billing reliability, notification infrastructure, account management — always has a home and never loses to feature pressure
- Partner closely with the Merchants PM and designer to translate product strategy into engineering roadmaps
- Maintain a clear boundary between Core (reliability, billing, KTLO) and Growth (product, promise engine, features)
- Work directly with the Head of Engineering on org structure, hiring plans, and technical strategy
- Collaborate with Customer Success on merchant operational pain — Core is the team closest to that surface
- Partner with the Data team on financial reconciliation and analytics infrastructure
Our take
For many B2C businesses, surviving today means meeting the on-demand delivery needs of consumers - something that can be difficult to achieve as a small business. Whilst last-mile delivery warehouses save small businesses from having to build their own delivery infrastructure, working exclusively with a single provider can greatly limit delivery options and stall a company's growth.
Burq provides an on-demand B2C delivery service platform which allows businesses to access multiple delivery providers for same-day delivery. The platform integrates directly with major sales platforms such as Zapier and Shopify, offering an analytic dashboard and delivery tracker across different modes of transport and providers.
Taking advantage of the expanding last-mile delivery sector, Burq has scaled its operations, swiftly building a thriving customer base in the small retailer and startup sectors. Having received funding from investors such as Village Global, it continues to launch new features and gain recognition as a partner for business growth.
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Company
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Salman Habib
(Co-Founder)Previously co-founded HelpED Foundation where they served as the President. They also co-founded/ served as the CEO at Hellofriend.
Shaban Habib
(Co-Founder)Co-founder of HelpED Foundation and Hellofriend. Previously co-founded Hilfe Billing Providers and worked in Business Data Management at SunTrust.
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