# Engineering Manager | Terra Platform at Manifold

- Company: Manifold
- What the company does: Manifold provides autonomous warehouse robots for picking, loading, unloading, and palletizing, priced by the pick. Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://www.manifoldindustries.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $210K to $245K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-28
- Apply by: 2026-11-12
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/manifoldai/jobs/8007321003?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/manifold-engineering-manager-terra-platform/

## About the role

Manifold is looking for an Engineering Manager to lead the Terra Platform team. Terra is the open-source, cloud-native platform for biomedical research originally built at the Broad Institute and now powered by Manifold. It supports 65,000 registered users across 50 countries, securely hosts 80+ petabytes of NIH data, and underpins some of the highest-impact science in the world. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Own operational excellence for a platform that thousands of researchers depend on, including on-call rotations, incident triage, and risk mitigation initiatives
- Partner with Product Management to define and deliver against a prioritized roadmap, balancing the needs of multiple stakeholders while also paying down operational debt
- Partner with principal engineers on technical solutions, including architectural choices, design / code reviews, and individual code contributions
- Manage a full-stack engineering team (including contractors) via 1:1s, growing top performers, identifying gaps, and hiring
- Understand and clearly communicate Terra's role and how it contributes to Manifold's business strategy, including our commitments to the Broad and the NIH-funded community
- Evolve how the team builds, including tools, libraries, and processes, and bring an AI-native mindset to the team

Tags: Engineering

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