Engineering Manager (AI)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (AI): Leading a small team building an AI-powered career services platform with an accent on technical oversight, code review, and ensuring engineering quality. Focus on AI-assisted development workflows and pushing the team to stay on the cutting edge of how AI transforms software engineering.

Location: Remote

Company

hirify.global is a global network of top talent in business, design, and technology that enables companies to scale their teams, on-demand.

What you will do

• Lead and grow a small engineering team, running weekly demos, sprint planning, and 1:1s.
• Review pull requests with meaningful, actionable feedback, identifying risks and improvement opportunities.
• Assess technical architecture proposals and flag risks around scalability and maintainability.
• Own team delivery, scope work, remove blockers, and ensure consistent shipping cadence.
• Drive AI-first engineering practices, championing AI coding tools and LLM-assisted workflows.
• Collaborate with product and design on roadmap prioritization, balancing technical debt with feature velocity.

Requirements

• 15+ years of engineering experience, with at least 5 years in a tech lead or engineering management role.
• Strong code review skills and the ability to evaluate technical architecture trade-offs.
• Hands-on with backend systems (Ruby on Rails, Python, or similar).
• Active, demonstrated experience as an AI-first Tech Lead, using AI development tools.
• Genuine curiosity about LLMs and AI-assisted engineering.
• Strong communication skills and experience managing small teams with high autonomy.

Nice to have

• Experience with Ruby on Rails and/or Next.js/TypeScript.
• Background in AI/ML product development or LLM API integrations.
• Experience with modular monolith or domain-driven design architectures.
• Kubernetes and cloud infrastructure knowledge (GCP preferred).
• Observability tooling experience (DataDog, Sentry, Prometheus).

Culture & Benefits

• Global network of top talent in business, design, and technology.
• Fully remote workforce with team members based around the globe.
• Encourages innovation, social interaction, and fun.
• Fast-paced environment, unafraid to break the mold.