Engineering Manager, AI Applications

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About the role

  • Engineering Manager leading the AI Applications team at Optro, driving AI-powered features and mentoring engineers. Overseeing integration layer between AI Platform and product teams for innovative solutions.

Responsibilities

  • Mentor, inspire, and grow a diverse team of engineers, fostering a culture of craftsmanship, curiosity, and continuous learning in applied AI.
  • Manage the team through hiring, retaining, mentoring, and continuously building individual and team capabilities in modern AI engineering best practices.
  • Act as an embedded engineering partner to the product organization, championing AI-first approaches to feature delivery and accelerating squads' ability to leverage AI infrastructure.
  • Lead the technical direction and execution for AI initiatives, including agent workflow development, MCP tooling, and the internal AI chat assistant.
  • Develop and nurture strong relationships with Product, QA, Delivery, Design, Customer Support, GTM, and other partners to deliver best-in-class AI-powered experiences.
  • Own end-to-end build and delivery of AI solutions, features, and services within Optro's platform, collaborating closely with the AI Platform team for core infrastructure.
  • Continuously improve all aspects of the product lifecycle, technical systems, engineering processes, and team practices, to deliver outstanding results for customers.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Management to define goals, objectives, and the roadmap for AI Applications initiatives, ensuring alignment with business priorities.
  • Champion agile best practices, ensuring clarity, transparency, and efficient delivery across your team and the broader organization.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of engineering experience, with 2+ years in an engineering management role leading teams building and shipping production AI or software systems.
  • Demonstrated ability to be a technical mentor and engineering role model, someone engineers look to for guidance on architecture, code quality, and engineering culture.
  • Strong proficiency with Python and modern server-side development; comfort with TypeScript/Node.js is a plus.
  • Experience with AWS (preferred) or Azure cloud environments and modern deployment practices.
  • Track record of partnering with Product teams to drive delivery velocity and quality.

Benefits

  • Offers Bonus
  • 15% Annual Target Bonus

Job type

Full Time

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

CA$164,000 - CA$246,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

Tech skills

AWSAzureCloudJavaScriptNode.jsPythonTypeScript

Location requirements

RemoteCanada

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