Senior Engineering Manager, AI Product

Role Overview

Senior Engineering Manager, AI Product (partner company) leading a high-impact engineering team building a next-generation, AI-first, privacy-conscious, open-source-driven product. The role blends people management with hands-on technical leadership across distributed systems and cross-platform delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering execution: set priorities, ownership, delivery timelines, and quality expectations.
• Manage engineers and contractors: coaching, feedback, performance development, and structured team growth.
• Stay technically engaged: code review, architectural input, and evaluate trade-offs.
• Partner with product and technical leadership to translate AI product strategy into executable engineering plans.
• Establish and improve processes: planning, release management, testing, and operational reliability.
• Maintain high standards for security, performance, maintainability, documentation, and production readiness.
• Drive hiring, onboarding, and scaling while building an ownership-and-quality engineering culture.

Requirements

• 15+ years of software development experience, including significant leadership in complex product environments.
• 5+ years of experience managing engineering teams (senior engineers/technical leads).
• Strong technical background in AI-enabled products: LLM applications, RAG systems, agents, or automation workflows.
• Experience building cross-platform applications (web, desktop, mobile) using modern frameworks/architectures.
• Familiarity with enterprise-grade requirements: security, privacy, compliance, and customer-controlled deployments.
• Experience with distributed systems and scalable, reliable product engineering.
• Ability to structure ambiguity into clear execution plans and sustain delivery momentum.
• Excellent communication skills to align stakeholders on technical trade-offs and priorities.

Bonus

• Experience in open-source ecosystems, compliance frameworks, or early-stage product development.

Benefits / Work Setup

• Fully remote with flexible scheduling.
• Competitive compensation with annual bonus and equity/long-term incentives.
• Comprehensive health coverage, retirement contributions, paid time off, professional development stipend, home office support, and parental/sick leave.