Engineering Manager, AI Development Platforms

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers focused on engineering productivity and AI-powered development platforms
• Remain hands-on by contributing to architecture, technical design, code reviews, automation initiatives, and critical engineering projects
• Partner with engineers to solve complex technical challenges across infrastructure, deployment, and developer tooling
• Build and enhance internal platforms that help engineers develop, test, deploy, and operate software more efficiently
• Drive improvements across CI/CD, observability, testing automation, and software delivery systems
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered development tools that improve engineering efficiency
• Establish technical standards and best practices across platform engineering and software delivery
• Lead major engineering initiatives from planning through production rollout
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership on long-term platform strategy
• Help foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement

Leadership / Hands-On Mix

• Approximately 50% leadership, mentoring, and technical strategy
• Approximately 50% hands-on technical contribution, architecture, design reviews, and engineering initiatives

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years of engineering management, team leadership, or technical leadership experience
• Strong hands-on background in backend software engineering
• Experience designing and building cloud-native applications and services
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and infrastructure automation
• Proven experience leading major technical initiatives from architecture through production deployment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Passion for improving engineering productivity through automation and tooling

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience leading Developer Experience, Developer Productivity, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, or DevOps teams
• Experience building internal developer tools and self-service engineering platforms
• Experience managing backend and infrastructure-focused engineers
• Experience implementing AI-assisted development tools and workflow automation
• Familiarity with LLM-powered developer tooling and agent-based development workflows
• Experience supporting high-frequency software releases
• Startup or high-growth technology company experience
• Experience working across distributed engineering teams, Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full-time basis now and in the future.

• Base Salary: $180,000 - $234,000
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Equity Participation Program
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Opportunity to help define the future of AI-enabled software development
• Significant influence on engineering strategy and technology direction
• High visibility with executive and engineering leadership

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k)

Job Description An innovative AI-powered software company is seeking an Engineering Manager, AI Development Platforms to lead a team focused on developer productivity, engineering automation, internal tooling, and AI-enhanced software delivery. This is a player-coach leadership role that combines people management with meaningful hands-on engineering contribution. The successful candidate will lead a team of engineers while remaining deeply involved in architecture, platform design, automation initiatives, technical decision-making, and major engineering projects. The organization is investing heavily in AI-assisted software development, intelligent automation, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling to help engineering teams build and release software more efficiently. This role offers the opportunity to directly influence how modern engineering practices and AI technologies are adopted across the company.