Ask HN: What's expected from an engineering manager or director now?

By agentwrangler · 2026-07-25 · 3 points · 1 comments

I just joined a 30-person AI startup in the Bay Area as Director of Engineering. Two non-coding founders (CEO and CTO) and a flat team. We have 2 PMs, 20 engineers. Every engineer is senior or staff level. They use Claude Code and AI agents etc quite well. What is my job in an e…

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