Product Engineering Leader
Posted on April 22, 2026 (about 1 month ago)
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Slingshot AI is the team behind Ash, the first AI designed for mental health. Our mission is to make support more accessible and help people change their lives in the ways they want.
We’re building a world-class team by empowering individuals with the autonomy, flexibility, and support they need to do their best work. Our team spans machine learning, product, engineering, conversational design, clinical, growth, and operations, with offices in both New York City and London. We’re a well-funded Series A company, having raised $93M from top venture investors.
The role
As an Engineering Manager at Slingshot, you will lead a product-focused engineering squad responsible for building and evolving Ash. You’ll work within a cross-functional product team that includes Product, Design, and Engineering, partnering with our Product Manager to explore ideas, set direction, and turn ambiguity into momentum.
You will think strategically about what to build next and how to get there while also contributing hands-on to our app, prototypes, and infrastructure. The role balances leadership with hands-on engineering: leading with context over control, and coding and experimentation over process or documentation.
About you
- Extroverted facilitator who thrives in a team of engineers, helping everyone communicate and collaborate effectively.
- Hands-on engineer who enjoys building user-facing systems, prototypes, and infrastructure, prioritising impact over architecture perfection.
- Creative and product-minded, capable of generating ideas collaboratively to explore new directions.
- Humble leader comfortable managing experts, giving them trust, and holding them to a high bar.
- Agile and adaptable, enjoying ambiguity and frequent changes in priorities while guiding the team with clarity and focus.
Key responsibilities
- Work closely with the founders to understand and shape priorities, and ensure strategic transparency and clarity with the engineering team.
- Lead, mentor, and support engineers, balancing hands-on contribution with people management.
- Collaborate with designers and product to define priorities, brainstorm, and translate product ideas into working user-facing products.
- Build a high performance team that keeps the product reliable and scalable without sacrificing rapid iteration.
- Lead with context: facilitate team communication, clarity, and alignment during transitions, helping engineers express ideas and make decisions confidently.
What we offer
- A chance to join a passionate tight-knit team working on something to change the world.
- Competitive compensation (top of personal market).
- Travel between our NYC and London offices.
- Startup perks like free lunch and coffee in office, plus a generous learning budget.
- We cover your personal therapy.
How to apply
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Application link
Apply online: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/SlingshotAI/fb6e7ad1-25ed-4209-a57a-72c0047a2b38/application