Engineering Manager

Bikky is hiring an Engineering Manager in New York, United States. Level rates it ; you can apply on Bikky.

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Little AI ●○○○ is how Level rates this role: aI is not part of the work.
Level classes it as a senior role.
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About Bikky
Restaurants are the heart of our communities - where we go to celebrate life’s memorable moments with those we love, and find comfort and familiarity in the world. But while the digital and data revolutions have transformed other parts of commerce and hospitality, restaurants haven’t had the same opportunity. The result has been an industry that’s - on average - had their profit margins shrink by 5x over the past 20 years.
Bikky was founded on the belief that restaurants deserve the same access to data as the largest, most sophisticated businesses in the world. We believe that data can fundamentally transform the economic model of the entire restaurant industry - producing better businesses, more jobs, and stronger communities.
Bikky is based in New York City and has raised over $26 million in funding to date, most recently with a Series B in 2026. We’re proud to serve thousands of restaurant locations across the U.S., including major brands like Bojangles, Dave’s Hot Chicken, and Long John Silver’s.

About the role
As Engineering Manager at Bikky, reporting to our co-founder and CTO, you’ll lead a senior engineering team responsible for customer-facing products, AI-powered analytics, and infrastructure.
This is a hands-on leadership role. In an increasingly AI-driven world, a single engineer can accomplish what once required an entire team. Your job is to create the environment where exceptional engineers can do their best work, stay highly engaged, and continue to grow.
We want to be at the frontier of what modern engineering looks like. You’ll help us rethink how software gets built, develop the systems and practices to support it, and explore what becomes possible as AI fundamentally changes software development.

About you
Our engineering culture is pragmatic and low ego, with a high bar for the quality of our work. We’re looking for a leader who is as strong an engineer as anyone on the team, takes real ownership, and brings clear thinking and sound judgment to complex problems.
The ideal candidate will have:

8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience leading engineers.
A track record of leading strong, senior engineers in a high trust environment.
Strong technical judgment and the ability to make decisions across architecture, product, and execution.
Hands-on experience using AI to improve how software is built, and a point of view on where it can meaningfully increase engineering leverage.
A bias toward action and the ability to operate effectively with a high degree of autonomy.
Experience with our stack (Python, Django, React) is a plus but not required.

Why us
At Bikky, you'll work on challenging problems that matter to real businesses while building a product used by some of the best-known restaurants in the country. Restaurant operators have been underserved by the technical community and deserve better tools.
You'll lead a fully senior/staff-level team with deep experience in their domains. We're low drama and high productivity. Many of us are startup veterans, and we feel we're working at an "adult's startup": all the benefits of an early-stage company without the chaos. You'll also get to define what engineering leadership looks like in an AI-native company, rather than inherit someone else's playbook.

Perks and Benefits

Competitive cash compensation
Generous equity compensation
Top-tier health insurance including medical, vision, and dental
Ability to participate in a 401k
Hybrid working environment. For candidates in New York City, our team works from the office 3 to 4 days per week.
Flexible vacation policy

How we rate this

Engineering Manager at Bikky rates 13 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Little AI (AI Level 1 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.

Classification

Little AI. AI is not part of the work.

●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
●○○○ Little AI0 to 39

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