Engineering Manager

About TrashLab
TrashLab is the AI-native operating system for waste and recycling haulers across the US and Canada. We replace legacy point solutions with modern technology and AI agents that do real work — in the truck, at the scale house, and on the phones. Our platform runs the full operational stack: CRM, billing, dispatch, routing, scale and recycling workflows, driver app, and customer portal. Haulers use TrashLab to grow revenue and better serve their customers.
Since launching in 2023, TrashLab has scaled rapidly: live in 40+ states across hundreds of haulers, revolutionizing a $100B+ category with cutting-edge technology. We recently completed our Series A from top-tier investors, and we're hiring a smart, ambitious team that will define what modern hauler technology looks like for the next decade. We move fast and care deeply about the operators we serve. Learn more at trashlab.com.

About the Role
Roughly 70% of the job is managing agents, 30% managing people. On the agent side, you run a fleet to ship features, design the workflows they run in, make the architecture calls, and review their output. On the people side, you coach and manage a distributed team, and act as a sharp technical partner to the CTO.

It's built for an EM or tech lead manager who wants to get more hands-on, not less. If management pulled you away from building, agents put you back in it while the team keeps scaling.

Responsibilities
Run a fleet of agents to build, research, and ship in production
Drive architecture, including what the agents produce
Partner with the CTO to reimagine the software stack for the agentic world
Coach and grow the engineers on the team
Drive a high performance culture across the US and Remote team.
Partner with CTO on company level special projects across security, compliance, and cost management.

You're a Great Fit If
You already run 10+ agents to build and research, daily
You've managed engineers as an EM or tech lead manager, and want to get more hands-on
You're a sharp engineer, not a manager who stopped coding
You dive into the details and drive the business outcomes
You coach engineers well and people want to work for you
You've managed a distributed team across time zones

Nice to Have
Vertical SaaS, logistics, or billing experience
Real-time or high-reliability systems: dispatch, telephony, payments
Built agent workflows into a production product
TypeScript/Node and Postgres (our stack)
Early-stage startup experience

Compensation
The base pay range for this role is $170,000 – $210,000 per year.