Engineering Leader

WHO WE ARE

Ema is building the next generation AI technology to empower every employee in the enterprise to be their most creative and productive. Our proprietary tech allows enterprises to delegate most repetitive tasks to Ema, the AI Employee.

We are founded by ex-Google, Coinbase, and Okta executives and serial entrepreneurs. We've raised capital from notable investors including Accel Partners, Naspers, and Section32, along with prominent Silicon Valley angels such as Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook/Google), Jerry Yang (Yahoo), Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook/Asana), David Baszucki (Roblox CEO), and Gokul Rajaram (DoorDash, Square, Google).

Our team comprises engineers from Google, Microsoft Research, Facebook, Square/Block, and Coinbase — with most hailing from top-tier institutions like Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IIT.

THE ROLE

As an Engineering Leader at Ema, you will build and lead a high-performance product engineering organization — setting the technical standard for product quality and shipping velocity. You will collaborate directly with the Head of Engineering, product managers, and co-founders to architect and drive Ema's product roadmap from engineering conception through customer delivery.

We are looking for a leader who combines deep, hands-on product engineering expertise — you still write and review production code regularly — with the executive presence required to attract, mentor, develop, and retain top-tier engineering talent. You will own the technical direction for the surfaces that customers interact with every day: the AI Employee, Agentic Apps, the Builder Platform, and the Integrations layer.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

TEAM BUILDING & ENGINEERING CULTURE

- Recruit, hire, and develop senior engineers across product-focused sub-teams: AI Employee & Personas, Agentic Apps, Builder Platform, and Integrations & Connectors.

- Establish engineering standards, code review culture, and a strong bias toward shipping — with equal commitment to u...