Software Engineering Manager, Chalk

• 5+ years of engineering experience with 2+ years of technical leadership
• Previous experience at an early-stage startup
• Experience building production ML systems or data infrastructure
• Strong programming skills and systems thinking — you understand how things work under the hood
• Ability to lead technical teams while still enjoying hands-on work
• Strong communicator who can bridge technical and business contexts
• Proven track record of delivering complex projects on time

Desirable

• You’ll be our founding Engineering Manager and a technical force multiplier
• Working directly with our founders, you'll lead a team of exceptional engineers building our platform for real-time inference at scale
• This role is a unique opportunity to shape technical architecture and engineering culture at a fast-growing, early-stage company
• You'll collaborate with brilliant folks, including Putnam and Advent of Code winners, former Jane Street quants, and Rust compiler contributors — all dedicated to bending the curve of what's possible in ML inference
• Lead a team of engineers building Chalk's data platform
• Partner with the founding team to define and execute our technical roadmap
• Lead with a player-coach mindset — jumping into the code whenever needed
• Establish engineering processes that enable high velocity without sacrificing quality
• Work directly with customers to understand requirements and ensure Chalk's platform solves real-world ML challenges
• Shape Chalk's engineering culture as we grow — you'll help us nurture top talent