Manager II, Engineering (Applied AI)

TL;DR

Manager II, Engineering (Applied AI): Leads and grows multiple teams working on AI-powered features across the hirify.global platform with an accent on technical vision and strategy. Focus on shipping AI products end-to-end, coaching senior engineers and managers, and building evaluation and quality practices for AI systems.

Location: Hybrid in New York, New York, USA (NorAm)

Salary: $234,000–$300,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a global SaaS business delivering growth and profitability by breaking down silos and solving complexity in the cloud age through infrastructure monitoring and digital transformation solutions.

What you will do

• Lead and grow multiple teams of engineers, applied scientists, and managers focused on AI-powered features.
• Set technical vision and strategy for your area in partnership with Product.
• Ship AI products end-to-end, from data pipelines and model training through deployment and production operations.
• Coach and develop senior engineers and managers, building a culture of high performance and psychological safety.
• Drive collaboration across Applied AI, product, and partner engineering teams to deliver on hirify.global's AI priorities.
• Own operational excellence for your teams' systems, including reliability, on-call, and incident response.

Requirements

• Experienced technical leader with a strong background in AI, machine learning, or data science.
• Proven track record building and shipping ML or AI-powered products in production.
• Experience leading and mentoring multiple teams, including senior engineers and engineering managers.
• Deep technical expertise in one or more areas: large language models, agentic systems, anomaly detection, time-series modeling, NLP, retrieval-augmented generation, or ML infrastructure.
• Comfortable partnering with Product to set vision and strategy, and turning ambiguous problems into clear plans.
• Strong people manager who can attract, develop, and retain top AI and engineering talent.

Culture & Benefits

• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP).
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing.
• Inclusive company culture and ability to join Community Guilds (employee resource groups).
• Free, global Spring Health benefits for employees and dependents.
• Competitive benefits including healthcare, dental, parental planning, mental health, a 401(k) plan and match, paid time off, and fitness reimbursements.
• Hybrid workplace designed to ensure work-life harmony.