Engineering Manager, Query Service
Lead an engineering team focused on delivering impactful AI-powered product analytics in a fast-moving environment.
Posted by employer 6 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 1 month ago
Last verified on the company career page 1 hour ago
Skills & Technologies
Role intensity
20% coding — mostly leadership/strategy
AI in the day-to-day
Mixpanel helps teams see what’s working, diagnose what’s not, and decide what to build next using AI.
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
The Engineering Manager for the Query Service at Mixpanel leads a team focused on enhancing the company's analytics capabilities through the development and maintenance of the Query API and related infrastructure. This role requires a strong background in building customer-facing web applications and experience with AI-powered products, alongside proven leadership skills to foster team growth and collaboration. Ideal candidates will have a mix of technical expertise and the ability to navigate complex organizational structures, making this position suitable for those with significant engineering and management experience.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about a month ago — first seen on Joblaze September 3, 2026. Last confirmed on Mixpanel's careers page October 29, 2026.
- Salary band is above the typical range for Management roles (median ~$170,000).
- Starts above 89% of 62 comparable director management roles in United States that list AI/ML we track (median $198,000 across 42 companies). See AI/ML salary trends
- AI/ML appears in 18.3% of 526 comparable director management roles in United States; infrastructure appears in 1.1% of 526 comparable director management roles in United States.
Quick facts
- Is the Engineering Manager, Query Service role remote?
- It's hybrid — Mixpanel expects some on-site time in San Francisco, US (Hybrid).
- What's the salary range?
- Mixpanel lists $279,000–$377,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Engineering Manager, Query Service role.
- Where is the role based?
- Mixpanel is hiring for this position in San Francisco, US (Hybrid).
- What's the tech stack?
- Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: AI/ML, infrastructure.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Mixpanel targets director candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Engineering Manager, Query Service role at Mixpanel.
From the original posting
About Mixpanel
About the Team
Mixpanel Engineering is a small, fast-moving team focused on delivering real value to customers. We build powerful AI-powered product analytics while obsessing over clarity, simplicity, and delight. Engineers here own problems end to end. You can move across the stack to ship impact without being blocked by silos or heavy process. Product innovation drives our business, and product engineering teams own that responsibility.
About the Role
We are looking for an Engineering Manager to join this organization.
- Teams operate as autonomous pods, with engineering, product, and design working side by side on clear strategic goals. Teams have direct access to customer feedback, product usage data, business metrics, and design context.
- We start with customer problems. We reason from first principles. We challenge assumptions. We aim for simple solutions to complex problems and avoid unnecessary abstraction.
- Engineering owns execution, quality, and operations. There are no project managers, QA teams, or separate SREs. Ownership stays with the people building the product.
- We value written thinking, dashboards, and demos over slide decks. We work openly using tools like Slack, GitHub, Mixpanel, Notion, Figma, and Zoom.
- Our team is distributed across North America, with strong clusters in the San Francisco Bay Area, Seattle, and Austin.
Responsibilities
- Lead an engineering team and grow its scope over time. This role is for someone who loves developing people and unlocking their potential.
- Build an exceptional team by hiring well, coaching deeply, and creating a culture where engineers feel ownership and pride in what they ship.
- Shape direction alongside Product, turning big ideas into focused execution and helping teams move fast without losing quality.
- Set the technical bar and protect the system. Depending on level, this may mean hands-on technical leadership or empowering tech leads with clarity and trust.
Requirements
- 6+ years engineering experience; 2+ years leading engineering teams
- Experience building and running infrastructure supporting real-world, customer-facing web applications.
- Experience building and using AI-powered products in production environments.
- Proven collaboration with product managers and designers on meaningful infrastructure.
- Strong judgment in technical tradeoffs, backed by lessons learned.
- Evidence of leadership through influence, alignment, and growing others.
- Director candidates must have experience managing managers.
- Skilled at navigating ambiguity, making tradeoffs, and bringing clarity to complex org structures
- High level of ownership, accountability, and product intuition
Additional Resources
Compensation
The amount listed below is the total target cash compensation (TTCC) and includes base compensation and variable compensation in the form of either a company bonus or commissions. Variable compensation type is determined by your role and level. In addition to the cash compensation provided, this position is also eligible for equity consideration and other benefits including medical, vision, and dental insurance coverage. You can view our benefits offerings here.
Our salary ranges are determined by role and level and are benchmarked to the SF Bay Area Technology data cut released by Radford, a global compensation database. The range displayed represents the minimum and maximum TTCC for new hire salaries for the position across all of our US locations. To stay on top of market conditions, we refresh our salary ranges twice a year so these ranges may change in the future. Within the range, individual pay is determined by experience, job-related skills, qualifications, and other factors. If you have questions about the specific range, your recruiter can share this information.
Benefits and Perks
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