Product Engineering Manager - AI-first software delivery (Quito, Ecuador)

IMPORTANT: To be considered for this position, please attach your CV in English. By applying to the job, you confirm you have read and accept our Ecuador Privacy Notice (also available at the bottom of this post). This is mandatory to be considered for our vacancy. We're hiring an engineering manager who connects the people doing the work to the product they're building. You'll manage approximately three to four small client project teams, typically two to four people each, for a total of around 8–10 people, and answer for whether those projects deliver the right product. On some projects, Stack Builders owns the product outcome, and the client sets direction. On others, the client's product owner leads, and you make sure the team builds what they need. Either way, you run 1:1s and growth plans, you own the product and delivery picture, and you use AI tools in your own work every day. About Stack Builders Stack Builders is a software consultancy with teams in the United States, Ecuador, and internationally. Our mission is to push the boundaries of the software industry through quality, pragmatic solutions that bring our clients' visions to life. Our values are clear communication, continuous improvement, curiosity, collaboration, and community. We work with US clients on long-running engagements, both client-led teams and fixed-price, outcome-based builds, and we deliver AI-first from specification through release. Why we're hiring this role AI is changing how software gets built. Developers now direct agents across whole feature areas instead of working through small tickets, and the gap between "managing people" and "owning the product" has closed. We want one accountable person close to each team instead of separate layers for people, projects, and technical oversight. This role is that person, with the authority to make decisions and the responsibility to tell us early when something is off. What you will do Lead your team Manage everyone on your project teams, approximately 8–10 people in total (engineers and, on some projects, client services staff), with documented 1:1s, honest assessments, current growth plans, and clear promotion criteria anchored to our Tiers & Expectations Make sure every engineer knows what's expected, how they're evaluated, who decides what, and where the company is going; act on concerns you can resolve, escalate the rest with a named owner, and close the loop Propose allocations of training time within your projects to Head of Client Services to align with budgets; recommend pay changes and promotions, and explain the decisions to your team Recognize excellent work early, and connect it to our mission and values Own onboarding quality for your reports and take part in engineering hiring Depending on the project and your technical level, you may be the Senior Technical Lead on a project Connect the team to the product Where we own the outcome: shape the work into large, coherent feature…