Engineering Manager (AI)

TL;DR

Engineering Manager (AI): Leading a high-performing engineering team to build mission-critical AI infrastructure for financial institutions with an accent on distributed systems and enterprise-scale reliability. Focus on hands-on technical leadership, scaling engineering processes, and driving architectural decisions in a fast-paced environment.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, CA (Onsite)

Salary: $140,000–$325,000

Company

A fast-growing AI infrastructure company building mission-critical systems for major financial institutions.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a high-performing engineering team.
• Drive delivery, performance standards, and team execution.
• Contribute technically across infrastructure, tooling, and operational systems.
• Partner on technical direction and architectural decisions.
• Improve incident response, reliability, and engineering processes.
• Recruit, hire, and mentor top engineering talent.

Requirements

• Must be based in San Francisco, CA
• Experience leading engineering teams in fast-growth environments.
• Strong technical background with hands-on engineering capability.
• Experience scaling teams and improving engineering execution.
• Strong communication and leadership skills.
• Ability to operate in high-accountability, high-ownership environments.

Nice to have

• Exposure to compliance, security, or regulated industries.

Culture & Benefits

• High-growth AI company with strong commercial traction.
• Complex engineering challenges at real scale.
• Significant ownership and influence.
• Small, high-performing team.
• Competitive compensation and meaningful equity opportunity.