# Engineering Manager at Agave

- Company: Agave
- What the company does: Agave connects your construction software systems, automates Accounts Payable workflows, and gives field and finance teams real-time visibility across projects — without replacing your ERP or PM system. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://www.useagave.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $260K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-28
- Apply by: 2026-12-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/Agave/1741bdd8-8836-4d0d-8d52-a9699401fd75?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/agave-engineering-manager/

## About the role

tl;dr: Fresh off a $15M Series A led by Accel (total funding now $20M+), Agave is experiencing hockey-stick growth. We’re looking for a world-class engineering manager who still loves to build. You’ll lead a team of strong full-stack engineers shipping AI and agent products on top of IC work yourself. In-person: This role is in-person from our office in San Francisco 5 days per week. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 4+ years as a back-end/full-stack engineer, including 1+ years managing or leading engineers (as a manager, or as a tech lead with mentoring responsibility)
- A strong IC who wants to stay one: you’ve designed and built production systems yourself, with real experience in cloud infrastructure (e.g. AWS) and distributed systems
- Has debugged hard production issues end-to-end: DB performance, memory, concurrency, third-party API failures
- Has led projects with other engineers: scoped the work, split it across the team, and delivered it
- Has mentored engineers and given direct feedback, including the hard conversations
- Can explain tradeoffs to founders and customers, not just engineers

Tags: Engineering

Source: 1752vc Careers, https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/agave-engineering-manager/