Transparent Search Group
Senior Engineering Manager
San Francisco, California, US
Role snapshot
Transparent Search Group is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager on a full-time basis. This is a role based in San Francisco, California, US.
- Company
- Transparent Search Group
- Location
- San Francisco, California, US
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Posted
- Sep 24, 2026
Who this role suits
Experienced professionals who can lead projects, set direction and be accountable for outcomes, not just tasks.
How to prepare your application
- Prepare examples of decisions you drove, how you measured the result, and how you worked with other teams.
- Be ready to discuss trade-offs and scope, not only the tools you have used.
- Read what Transparent Search Group publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
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About the role
Senior Engineering Manager
Company: Confidential — AI-powered tools
Location: San Francisco, CA (downtown office, 5 days per week)
Compensation: $415,000 - $450,000 + competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers (OPT, H-1B transfer); TN accepted
About the Company
The client builds AI-powered tools that automate how tax and accounting firms process complex documents, extracting, structuring and validating data from tax forms with high accuracy. Its products are used daily by the largest accounting firms in the US.
Founded in San Francisco in 2023, Additive was acquired by Thomson Reuters in 2025 and combines startup speed with the reach of a global leader. The team is about 20 people.
The Role
Additive is hiring a Senior Engineering Manager (10+ years) as a hands-on player-coach leading one of its core engineering teams. You will manage 4-7 senior, staff and principal engineers, scaling to 10-12 over the next year, while contributing directly to the codebase, and report to the CTO and co-founder. Everyone ships here, including leadership.
What You Will Do
- Manage 4-7 staff- and principal-level engineers (growing to 10-12) while writing code, reviewing designs and debugging hard problems every week.
- Ship customer-facing, eval-driven AI products that turn unstructured tax documents into reliable structured data.
- Develop engineers through direct feedback and coaching, and grow future leaders.
- Own hiring, onboarding and team growth to build a high-talent-density org.
- Connect engineering decisions to business outcomes with tax professionals and customer-facing teams.
What You Bring
- 10+ years of engineering experience, including managing senior engineers
- Active hands-on technical contribution as a manager
- Experience shipping AI/ML or document-AI products
- Experience hiring and scaling teams
- Ability to work in the San Francisco office 5 days a week
Tech Stack
Python, TypeScript, cloud infrastructure, document AI, agentic systems, retrieval-based systems
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