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LightSource lightsource.ai Open · verified Oct 24, 2026
On-site San Francisco Office Full-time Mid-level Software Engineering

At a glance

Mid-level Software Engineering role at LightSource. San Francisco Office · full-time · $160,000–$250,000 base.

SalaryStated by LightSource
$160,000 – $250,000
Base salary for this role, in USD per year, as published in the posting.
RoleSoftware Engineering
SeniorityMid-level
LocationSan Francisco Office
WorkplaceOn-site
EmploymentFull-time
Base pay$160,000–$250,000
PostedAug 25, 2026 · 2mo ago
Role brief

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What you'll do

  • Translate business and product goals into delivery plans that account for team capacity, then keep work moving toward them
  • Spot delivery risks, settle technical disagreements and adjust plans when work runs into problems
  • Guide hands-on engineering work while upholding quality, security and consistent development practices
  • Review team output against KPIs and bring relevant technical advances into the team’s work
  • Support senior engineers, manage performance and address team conflicts while maintaining a psychologically safe environment

What you bring

  • At least eight years working in software development
  • Three or more years managing people in a startup setting
  • A record of getting products successfully shipped

Who this fits

This is a hands-on manager role: you’ll lead senior engineers while also contributing as an individual engineer. It is full-time and onsite at the San Francisco office.

From the employer

About the role

Supply chain is broken. It's the foundation of our entire economy, but it (barely) runs on a mix of home-brewed processes duct-taped to some spreadsheets and emails.

As a Tech Lead Manager at LightSource, you'll be expected to wear many hats. You will be in charge of a team of senior engineers and responsible for your own work as an individual contributor.

As a manager, you'll be coordinating resources, driving planning and execution, and promoting technical excellence throughout the org.

This is a full-time, onsite role at our office in downtown San Francisco (off Market St, steps from BART and Caltrain

Responsibilities

Planning and Execution

  • Ensure that work is aligned with business objectives and product goals

  • Build execution plans meeting resource constraints

  • Drive delivery of work against objectives

  • Manage risks, problem-solve, and course correct as necessary. Resolve technical conflicts that arise

Technical Excellence

  • Guide technical work through direct, hands-on, management as needed

  • Adhere to and enforce team quality, security, and consistent development standards

  • Assess technical output of the team against KPIs

  • Maintain awareness of advancements in the domain and incorporate them into the team

Communication, Collaboration, and Culture

  • Identify, report, and rectify any perceived problems or organizational risks

  • Maintain and elevate the existing company culture across your team

People and Organization

  • Create a psychologically safe environment and provide support and motivation to the team

  • Proactively check in with team members to ensure that their performance is good and their needs are met

  • Manage performance within the direct team and set a high-performance bar with guardrails

  • Proactively resolve interpersonal conflicts within the team

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in software development

  • 3+ years of people management experience in a startup environment

  • Track record of successfully shipping products

The Team

We're a driven team, who've helped build some incredible companies (Tesla, Waymo, Google, Meta, Amazon, Dropbox, Airbnb and many more). And now we're tackling an exciting problem space ripe for disruption.

Our team is small, but our ambitions are big. So we only hire the absolute best and try to learn every day while having a lot of fun.

Opportunity

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Each morning you get everything that fits, strongest first.

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