# Engineer Manager, Platform at Knowtex

- Company: Knowtex
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: http://www.knowtex.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Posted: 2026-09-04
- Apply by: 2026-10-19
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/knowtex/ed8280fa-b2dd-4841-aae3-440926e88c09
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/knowtex-engineer-manager-platform/

## About the role

We are hiring an Engineering Manager, Platform to lead the team responsible for the backend systems, infrastructure, and shared technical foundations that power Knowtex. This is a highly hands-on engineering leadership role. We are looking for someone who has successfully managed engineers before but still wants to design systems, write production code, review architecture, debug difficult problems, and directly contribute to critical projects.

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Previous experience directly managing a software engineering team
- Strong hands-on backend engineering experience and willingness to continue writing production code
- Deep experience designing and operating distributed backend systems
- Strong system design and software architecture skills
- Experience building production systems on AWS or another major cloud platform

Tags: Engineering