# Engineering Manager/TLM, Platform at Harper

- Company: Harper
- What the company does: You make one call, we make the rest. Harper learns your business, works every market that can write it, and brings back the right coverage at the right price. Backed by Peak XV, Y Combinator and Antler.
- Company website: https://www.harperinsure.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $225K to $275K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-15
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/harperinsure/081b2871-a11f-4d89-b6fe-922a12dcfb2e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/harper-engineering-manager-tlm-platform/

## About the role

This role is open both to an experienced EM and to someone on the path to becoming an EM who doesn't yet have significant management experience—we're happy to bring that person on and support the transition.

## What they're looking for

- Have at least 2 years as a line manager directly managing teams of six to ten people—or clear readiness to grow into that role
- You've been a line manager for at least two years, directly managing teams of six to ten people—or you're on a clear path there and want to grow into it
- You have hands-on experience with AWS or GCP and strong database troubleshooting skills
- You've seen real scale—on the order of at least a million requests per minute
- You can troubleshoot across databases, networking, compute, Docker, Kubernetes, and other aspects of infrastructure
- You care as much about developer productivity and AI tooling as you do about raw infrastructure

Tags: Engineering