Software Engineering Manager (AI)

TL;DR

Software Engineering Manager (AI): Leading the design and delivery of intelligent platform capabilities for data-driven consumer experiences across mobile and backend services with an accent on system architecture, API design, and GenAI features. Focus on building and optimizing LLM features, ensuring scalable and reliable services, and mentoring engineers to raise technical standards.

Location: Hybrid, based in Roseville, CA, Austin, TX, Lehi, UT, Plano, TX, West Palm Beach, FL, San Mateo, CA, or Bentonville, AR

Salary: $183,000–$213,000 a year

Company

hirify.global’s Consumer Solutions Business Unit is redefining how homeowners manage and benefit from sustainable home solutions.

What you will do

• Lead a full-stack team delivering end-to-end features across Flutter mobile, web, and Node.js backend services.
• Set engineering standards for API design, mobile architecture, code quality, testing, and security.
• Own system architecture, guiding decisions on data models, integration, eventing, and authentication/authorization.
• Partner with Product and Design to define problem statements and delivery plans, proactively managing risks and dependencies.
• Enable agents/GenAI features by shaping reliable tool endpoints, guardrails (privacy/PII handling, rate limits, redaction), and evaluation loops.
• Drive operational excellence by defining SLOs, instrumenting metrics, maintaining runbooks, and leading incident reviews.
• Recruit, onboard, and grow engineers through 1:1s, growth plans, feedback, and cultivating psychological safety.

Requirements

• 1+ years of experience managing engineers.
• 8+ years of experience in backend development.
• Strong experience in Node.js, TypeScript, GraphQL, and REST APIs.
• Deep familiarity with AWS architecture, especially Lambda, ECS, S3, DynamoDB, and Step Functions.
• Experience building and integrating LLM features (e.g., via OpenAI, Claude, Vertex AI), including prompt design, vector storage, and retrieval strategies.
• Fluency in system design principles, scalability, reliability, and fault-tolerance.
• Ability to drive clarity and make architectural tradeoffs.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills across product and engineering organizations.

Nice to have

• Experience with AWS Bedrock.
• Familiarity with mobile tech stacks (Flutter, Kotlin, Swift).

Culture & Benefits

• Support for growth and advancement within the company.
• Opportunity for cash bonus and equity compensation.
• Culture of mentoring, growing senior talent, and leveling up juniors.
• Focus on clear communication and problem-solving.
• Customer-centric mindset in development decisions.