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Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Megas)

San Francisco, CAFull-time$320k2026-10-05 → 2026-11-10
HybridVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Lead a team of Applied AI Engineers embedded with large strategic partner-customers to co-design, build, and deploy production LLM solutions (Claude) for their business transformation and distribution channels.

Role type

Senior Manager, Applied AI Engineering (Strategic Accounts)

Builds

Production LLM workloads, reference architectures, agentic patterns, and evaluation frameworks for Mega accounts

Domain

Generative AI / Large Language Models (LLMs) / Strategic Enterprise Partnerships

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Team leadership and scaling, LLM production deployment, Python or TypeScript, Architecture design and advisory, Stakeholder management (CTOs/CPOs), Prompt engineering and agent development, Cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Hyperscaler or foundation model lab background, Marketplace/embed/OEM experience, Public speaking and thought leadership, Coaching engineers into customer-facing roles

Technologies

Python, TypeScript, LLMs, Agentic frameworks, Evaluation frameworks, MCP

Responsibilities

Hire, coach, and grow a team of technical engineers; Serve as senior technical advisor on architecture and implementation; Lead hands-on co-build initiatives from prototype to production; Build shared assets like reference architectures and eval frameworks; Navigate partner-customer duality for consumption and distribution; Collaborate with Product and Research to surface high-impact requirements; Represent the company at conferences and customer sites.

Seniority

Manager, hands-on IC with leadership of managers