Engineering Manager
Thunkable
Software Engineering, Other Engineering
San Francisco, CA, USA
USD 150k-250k / year
Posted on Feb 11, 2026
About us
Thunkable is on a mission to democratize app development and empower everyone to build without writing a single line of code. Our platform enables anyone to build and publish their own iOS and Android apps for free. Today, non-engineers use Thunkable to prototype and share new ideas, develop proof-of-concepts for their own digital business, and design and ship their own ad-supported and premium apps.
Thunkable was incubated at Google Research and MIT. We are backed by Lightspeed, NEA, SV Angel, Zhenfund, and Y-Combinator. Our founders are engineers who wanted to extend the power and fun of creation to people who don’t code. We value creativity, openness, transparency, persistence, and entrepreneurialism.
The company is based in San Francisco. We believe that a diverse and inclusive workplace helps ensure we learn from each other’s different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Thunkable is an equal opportunity employer and a pleasant and supportive place to work. Women, minorities, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans are encouraged to apply.Our team is growing fast. Apply now!
The Role
You’ll be working with engineers, designers, product managers, and business partners across Thunkable. This role reports to the CTO and works directly with all staff engineers. On your team, you’ll meet teammates of all experience levels and backgrounds, passionate about creating the future of no-code development. You’ll be surrounded by people who find purpose in their work and have fun doing it at the same time. You’ll find teammates with deep levels of pride in what they do, and a customer-obsessiveness that is furthered by regular feedback cycles. Importantly, you’ll find a higher than “normal” level of transparency, trust and autonomy. You will be hands-on with scoping, prioritizing, and leading the development effort of Thunkable. Here’s a few examples of the problems you’ll be asked to solve:
People: You will work cross-functionally with all team leads to understand and scope the future of the Thunkable platform. From there, you will coordinate with all engineers on the team to break down tasks and create a development schedule. You will oversee the engineer team’s schedules, workloads, and performance while communicating needs cross-functionally. This role will also be responsible for discovering, interviewing, and recruiting great team members and build them up into the next all star player.
Drive accountability: You will work with stakeholders to better understand the needs of the business, and with your team to create realistic expectations for project success.
Expand collaboration: This role is all about bringing teams and engineers across Thunkable together. It will be your responsibility to clearly communicate expectations, timelines, and feasibility to the team. We are a product lead company and this role will have oversight of all development, which will set the pace for Thunkable’s success.
Assess technical risk: Your experience will be a major factor in empowering your team to isolate and reduce technical risk. You will fill blind spots for your engineers, helping form the critical bridge between business, product, and engineering.
Establish best practices: Engineering managers are the last line of defense for quality control, best practices, and effective design strategies. Helping your team navigate these challenges is foundational to our continued success.
Improve performance: Your team is a reflection of you, your values, and your support. Your team will need regular mentorship, advice, and feedback to operate effectively. Contributing to this space along with your leadership team, is part of effective management.
150000 - 250000 USD a year
About You
We’re looking for someone ready for a fast and fun challenge. You need to have a unique mix of technical expertise, people skills, and long-term vision. You’re a strong and proven manager with 2+ years of experience managing highly technical teams and running complex projects.
- You care deeply about software and the impact that software brings. You can use your past experience building software to show your team the way in which they can improve or solve a problem.
- You are willing and capable of getting in the trenches alongside your fellow engineers and reports. You lead by example and take pride in your work.
- You are exceptionally technical. You can describe complex ideas simply. You are just as capable of working toward a long-term road map as you are jumping into a fire to solve a customer’s problem.
- You are as hungry to learn about our customers and clients.
- You are energized by lifting up the careers of those that report to you. You’ve been able to help mentor more junior engineers, and support more senior engineers in reaching their potential. You’ve directly managed teams for at least 2 years.
- You’ve expanded the worldview of your teams, celebrated diversity of thought and background, and tied it all back through successful product launches in your past.
- You recognize the power of leadership and have examples of where leading a team has played central roles in your career.
Bonus
- Familiarity in the no-code PaaS space, mobile app development, and start-up fields
- You have built an app on Thunkable
- You can overlap with GMT +1 and PST timezones throughout your workday.