Engineering Manager, Multimodal (API)

Responsibilities

• Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team focused on multimodal API products – including realtime API, transcription models (Whisper), speech generation models (TTS), and image generation APIs (DALLE and native 4o).
• Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to define the strategic vision and product roadmap.
• Work closely with research teams to improve core multimodal models for API customer use cases.
• Guide technical and architectural decisions, emphasizing scalability, robustness, and user experience.
• Foster a culture of innovation, continuous improvement, and accountability within the team.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing engineering teams that deliver complex, high-quality products at scale.
• Strong technical background and proficiency in modern software engineering practices and system architecture.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills to effectively coordinate across diverse teams and stakeholders.
• Familiarity with or strong interest in multimodal AI, including speech technologies, real-time systems, and image generation.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, ambiguous startup environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience developing multimodal systems or APIs in AI/ML domains, especially around image generation, audio generation, or speech transcription.
• Familiarity with real-time streaming technologies, audio processing, and computer vision.
• Hands-on experience with cloud platforms and distributed architectures.