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Engineering Manager (AI Research & Model Training)

San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-13 → 2026-07-31

Core

Lead a team of researchers and engineers to develop and train state-of-the-art AI models for agentic research, query understanding, and product integration.

Role type

Senior IC Engineering Manager (AI Research & Model Training)

Builds

Production LLM models for conversational and agentic use cases

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Large Language Models

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Large-scale LLM development, Deep Learning systems, Python, PyTorch, Team leadership, Model training and alignment, RL/SFT/RLHF techniques, Data pipeline management, Project planning

Preferred skills

PhD in Machine Learning, Experience with Transformer-based models, Designing evaluation pipelines for large-scale models

Technologies

PyTorch, Python, RL, SFT, DPO, GRPO, RLHF

Responsibilities

Lead team development of SotA models using supervised and reinforcement learning, Drive production model development via advanced training and alignment, Own data, training, and eval pipelines, Design and iterate on model training and finetuning algorithms, Design evaluations to improve production model training pipeline, Integrate in-house models into product and iterate based on usage, Manage day-to-day execution and prioritization for the model training team

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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