Engineering Manager - AI

This is Engineering at Lattice

Lattice's Engineering team is dedicated to building cutting-edge solutions that empower people and organizations to thrive. We leverage a modern tech stack designed for productivity and joy prioritizing maintainable robust and performant code. Our culture emphasizes collaboration iteration and innovation working closely with designers and product managers to deliver exceptional technical architecture and user experiences.

What You Will Do

As a Manager you will lead a team of engineers dedicated to building impactful AI solutions. Your role will combine technical expertise architectural leadership and people management to shape our AI initiatives and drive organizational success for the Lattice people platform. In detail you will:

• Translate company strategy into actionable team goals and objectives aligning technical initiatives with organizational priorities.

• Manage coach and inspire a team of 5-10 engineers fostering a culture of collaboration innovation learning and growth.

• Mentor and coach engineers promoting technical growth and aligning their development with team & company objectives.

• Drive business and architecture decisions by keeping up with emerging trends in generative AI reinforcement learning or multi-agent systems.

• Lead the design and development of AI solutions with a strong focus on large language models (LLMs) and machine learning.

• Provide hands-on technical guidance to the team including model development integration and optimization.

• Drive end-to-end delivery of AI/ML projects with architecture decisions that ensure cost-efficiency scalability reliability security and business impact.

• Bring a relentless passion for continuous improvement for both engineering craft and processes.

• Build an inclusive and psychologically safe team environment fostering diverse perspectives and innovation.

What You Will Bring to the Table

• 8+ years of professional experience in software engineering with at least 3 years in managing engineering teams.

• Proven ability to inspire mentor and develop high-performing teams.

• Track record of aligning technical work with organizational goals and driving impactful outcomes.

• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with an adjustable style to executives engineers and non technical staff.

• Ability to navigate complex discussions and build consensus across departments.

• Hands-on experience designing and deploying scalable AI/ML solutions particularly LLMs in production environments.

• Proficiency in Python AI/ML frameworks such as TensorFlow Transformers LangChain etc) and LLM techniques such as prompt engineering RAG Fine tuning etc.

• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms preferably AWS infrastructure tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

• Strong knowledge of AIOps tools such as Docker Kubernetes Terraform/CDK MLflow and DataDog for deployment monitoring and CI/CD workflows.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with hybrid solutions combining traditional ML and LLMs or multi-agent systems.

• Experience with cloud-based AI services (AWS SageMaker Google Cloud AI Azure Machine Learning)

• Experience with TypeScript / Javascript as it is our current programming language (Our current stack includes NodeJS GraphQL and PostgreSQL. We rely on AWS to host our infrastructure)

• Published research or professional presentations on AI topics.

• Proficiency in multi-cloud environments (AWS Azure GCP).

The estimated annual cash salary for this role is $187500 - $234500. This position is also eligible for incentive stock options subject to the terms of Lattice’s applicable plans.

Benefits: The Company offers the following benefits for this position subject to applicable eligibility requirements: Medical insurance; Dental insurance; Vision insurance; Life AD&D and Disability Insurance; Emergency Weather Support; Wellness Apps; Paid Parental Leave Paid Time off inclusive of holidays and sick time; Commuter & Parking Accounts; Lunches in the Office; Workplace Amenities Stipend Internet and Phone Stipend; One time WFH Office Set-Up Stipend; 401(k) retirement plan; Financial Planning; Learning & Development Budget; Sabbatical Program; and Invest in Your People Fund

*Note on Pay Transparency:

Lattice provides an estimate of the compensation for roles that may be hired as required by state regulations. Compensation may vary based on (a) location as Lattice factors in specific location when benchmarking compensation for most roles; (b) individual candidate skills and qualifications; and (c) individual candidate experience.

Additionally Lattice leverages current market data to determine compensation so posted compensation figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available. The salary other compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. Lattice reserves the right to modify this information at any time subject to applicable law.