Manager, AI Engineering

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Lead and expand a small, highly skilled team while actively engaging in hands-on engineering and research.

• Define technical direction, deconstruct unclear challenges, establish actionable plans for rapid, high-quality execution, and foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, experimentation, and excellence.

• Develop agentic capabilities, including frameworks for monitoring, guardrailing, and assessing agents.

• Remain informed about agentic advancements and pinpoint new opportunities.

• Conduct exploratory data analysis, feature engineering, and model optimization.

• Quickly iterate on prototypes and features in response to feedback and changing product requirements.

• Collaborate closely with Product and Research teams to translate AI research into practical features and software engineering initiatives.

• Produce production-ready code and technical designs.

• Collaborate across engineering teams to deliver scalable and reliable software.

• Assist in setting technical direction, elevating quality standards, mentoring team members, and transitioning from research insights to product impact.

⛳️ Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field with experience in AI/ML.

• In-depth knowledge of AI/ML, software engineering, or AI security.

• Proficient programming skills in Python and familiarity with relevant ML and/or agentic frameworks.

• Proven ability to work cross-functionally and collaboratively with a strong sense of end-to-end ownership, delivering tangible results.

• Capability to learn additional programming languages and technologies as necessary to deliver scalable and dependable software.

• Hands-on experience with at least one of the following: agent orchestration, agent harnesses, agent teams, jailbreaking/prompt injection, red teaming, data poisoning or evasion attacks, secure model deployment or sandboxing, detection and monitoring for AI misuse.

• Experience contributing to open source projects is highly desirable.

• Experience in a fast-paced startup environment is highly preferred.

• Background in cybersecurity is advantageous but not mandatory.

• Candidates are not eligible to participate in foreign talent programs sponsored by China, Russia, Iran, or North Korea.

• Must be legally authorized to work in the country where the job is based.

• Must indicate if company sponsorship or support is needed to obtain or maintain a work visa or permit.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based incentives or bonuses (where applicable).

• Equity participation.

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their dependents, with generous employer premium contributions.

• Retirement savings plan with company matching.

• Paid parental leave.

• Inclusive family-building benefits.

• Fully remote work options.

• Flexible paid time off.

• Company-wide seasonal breaks.

• Support for flexible work arrangements.

• Opportunities for continuous learning and growth through on-the-job development.

• Cross-functional collaboration.

• Access to internal learning and development programs.