--- title: 'Engineering Manager at Pump.co' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manager-pump-co-san-francisco-47g06t7hpbkb' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-09' --- # Engineering Manager at Pump.co - **Company:** Pump.co - **Location:** San Francisco, CA - **Compensation:** $180k–$250k - **Posted:** 2025-08-11 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-09 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pumpcareers/jobs/4882152008 ## Job description ## About the Role We're looking for a hands-on Engineering Manager to lead and grow our engineering team as we scale our AI-powered cloud optimization platform. You'll play a key leadership role in shaping technical strategy, building scalable systems, and mentoring top-tier engineering talent. This is an onsite role where you’ll stay actively involved in architecture and coding, while also managing people and processes. You’ll work closely with the founding team and cross-functional partners to ensure our engineering organization is aligned with product and business goals. ## Key Responsibilities - Lead and scale the engineering team from 10 to 20+ engineers, including hiring and team structuring - Stay hands-on with architecture and development—this is a technical leadership role - Own the delivery of scalable, performant systems across AI, infrastructure, and cloud services - Collaborate with product, design, and business teams to translate strategy into execution - Mentor and develop engineers at all levels, fostering a high-performing, inclusive culture - Help shape engineering culture, tooling, and practices as we grow ## Minimum Qualifications - 7+ years of total engineering experience - 5+ years in a managerial or technical leadership role - Experience as a CTO, Eng Lead, or similar role at a company with $5M–$30M+ ARR - Strong backend and infrastructure expertise, particularly with AWS, GCP, or Azure - Solid understanding of AI/ML applications in cloud or infrastructure optimization - Degree in Computer Science or a related technical field - Availability to work onsite in San Francisco, Monday–Friday Ideal Candidate Profile - Previously managed or scaled engineering teams of 10–15+ people - Built and scaled backend systems used by thousands of users - Product-minded and data-driven with strong communication skills - Comfortable navigating ambiguity and moving quickly in a startup environment - Experience in a Series A or growth-stage startup a strong plus - Previous founder or early employee experience is a bonus ## Benefits (U.S. Full-Time Employees) - Comprehensive healthcare and dental coverage for you - 401(k) plan - Generous PTO: 13 accrued days, plus company shutdown December 24—January 1st - Free lunch & dinner at the office - Annual company-paid retreats - Developmental bonuses: support for professional development opportunities tied to cloud and related fields - Generous equity ## Compensation $180,000—$250,000 USD ## About Pump.co ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Pump.co is a financial operations platform that uses AI and group buying to automatically optimize and reduce businesses’ cloud computing costs on AWS, GCP, and Azure. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage; pre-seed from Y Combinator, seed round led by Focal) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, CA, USA (also offices in Bengaluru and Delhi NCR, India) - **Founded**: 2022 - **Founders**: Spandana Nakka (CEO & Co-Founder) ## Core Business - **Primary industry/industries**: FinOps / Cloud Cost Optimization, Fintech, Artificial Intelligence - **Target customers**: B2B – primarily startups, mid-market, and enterprises with significant cloud spend (AWS, GCP, Azure) - **Mission or purpose statement**: “Stop context-switching across 12 tools during an outage. Your AI SRE already has the full picture.” (from website) ## Products & Services - **Pump Save**: Automated cloud cost reduction tool. Uses AI and group buying to negotiate discounted AWS/GCP/Azure commitments, rotating short-term commitments across customers. “Autopilot savings plans.” Available at no cost to the customer. - **Pump View**: Cloud spend visibility and forecasting dashboard. Break down and forecast costs to always know where money is going. - **Pump Secure**: Cloud security scanning against industry compliance frameworks. Provides step-by-step fixes and 24/7 monitoring. - **Pump Intelligence (Coming Soon)**: Always-on AI SRE that consolidates incident response, cost optimization, and security insights to stop context-switching during outages. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: $25M+ ARR reached in less than two years (as of late 2024); Total funding: $4.5M ($500K pre-seed from Y Combinator, $4M seed led by Focal) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (Summer 2022 batch), Focal (lead seed investor), dozens of angel investors - **Growth Signals**: - 250+ customers signed in 6 months, including 50+ YC companies. - Headcount grew 95.7% YoY to 66 employees (per LinkedIn). - Expanded operations to India in 2024 with a subsidiary; opened offices in Bengaluru and Delhi NCR. - Called “Costco of Cloud” by Forbes. - Average cloud savings of 60% for users. ## Competitive Advantages - **Completely free product** – Pump makes money through the spread on group buying, not from customer subscriptions. - **Group buying model** – Pools customers’ cloud commitments to shorten long-term contracts (3-year commitments shrink to ~1 month) while maximizing discounts. - **AI automation** – No engineering effort required; the platform automatically finds and applies best pricing as usage spikes, dips, or grows. - **Multi-cloud support** – Works across AWS, GCP, and Azure. - **Speed of integration** – Sync cloud accounts in under 2 minutes with read-only permissions. ## Strategic Focus - **International expansion** – Recently launched in India, a high-demand market (second-highest traffic and signups). - **Product expansion** – Adding incident response capabilities (“Pump Intelligence”) to become a full-stack cloud operations platform. - **Scaling sales & engineering** – Actively hiring for Account Executives, Solutions Architects, and Backend Engineers in both US and India offices. - **Maintaining growth trajectory** – Already at $25M+ ARR with a focus on acquiring more mid-market and enterprise customers. ## Why Work Here - **High-growth environment** – YC-backed startup scaling rapidly from 0 to $25M+ ARR in under 2 years; 95% headcount growth in the last year. - **In-office culture** – All current roles require working from offices in San Francisco, Bengaluru, or Delhi NCR. (Built In lists “In-Office” and “OnSite Workspace”). - **Strong engineering culture** – Roles include Backend, Frontend, DevOps, Engineering Manager, and Solutions Architect. Technical team makes up a significant portion of the company. - **Perks and culture** – Described as “pumped” and “Costco of the cloud”. Founders have multiple exits, and the team includes experienced operators from fintech and SaaS. - **Global footprint** – Opportunity to work with teams spanning the US, India, Spain, and France. ## Sources 1. [pump.co](https://www.pump.co/) – Official website: product descriptions and value proposition. 2. [job-boards.greenhouse.io/pumpcareers](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/pumpcareers) – Current job openings and company overview (ARR, founding team, etc.). 3. [ycombinator.com/companies/pump-co](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/pump-co) – Y Combinator company page: founding year, funding, team size, launch posts. 4. [builtin.com/company/pumpco](https://builtin.com/company/pumpco/) – Careers page: office locations, perks, culture, employee count. 5. [linkedin.com/company/pumpcloud/life](https://www.linkedin.com/company/pumpcloud/life) – LinkedIn company page: employee count (66), headcount growth, department breakdown, funding details. ## Other roles at Pump.co - [In-House Counsel](https://feeny.ai/job/in-house-counsel-pump-co-san-francisco-z07nyrxscvct) — San Francisco, CA - [Brand Designer](https://feeny.ai/job/brand-designer-pump-co-san-francisco-hxc865b2y8sh) — San Francisco, CA - [Partnerships Lead](https://feeny.ai/job/partnerships-lead-pump-co-san-francisco-mrptg0atvhbg) — San Francisco, CA - [Head Product Designer](https://feeny.ai/job/head-product-designer-pump-co-san-francisco-1kykvvaeywkh) — San Francisco, CA - [Mid-Market Account Executive](https://feeny.ai/job/mid-market-account-executive-pump-co-san-francisco-v930w0ca4rvz) — San Francisco, CA - [Backend Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/backend-engineer-pump-co-san-francisco-45rxqtgamd2t) — San Francisco, CA - [DevOps Engineer](https://feeny.ai/job/devops-engineer-pump-co-san-francisco-bamgws5s4akq) — San Francisco, CA - [Customer Success Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/customer-success-manager-pump-co-san-francisco-xj0mfr9srvst) — San Francisco, CA - [Engineering Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manager-thought-machine-lisbon-shs8y7v13ckt) — Lisbon, Portugal - [Engineering Manager](https://feeny.ai/job/engineering-manager-prizepicks-remote-346e2vt305bm)