Engineering Manager, Cooperative Systems
Hands-on engineering manager leading a small team to build AI-powered automation systems for internal operations across sales, support, finance, and more. Requires 3+ years management experience, deep AI application expertise, and full-stack technical skills in a fast-iterative environment.
About the job
What You’ll Do
- Lead and grow a small team building applied AI systems for internal operations
- Design and build AI-powered automation systems in close proximity to customers
- Stay hands-on in architecture and implementation across the full stack
- Develop evolving systems spanning developer tools, automation platforms, knowledge graphs, and data systems
- Deploy systems directly to internal users and close customers to iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback
- Engage frequently with scaled workforces to understand needs and validate solutions
- Create systems for visibility and learning in hybrid workforces
- Partner with product, research, and ops teams daily
What You Might Thrive in This Role If You
- Have 12+ years of experience in engineering, including 3+ years of experience in engineering management, and at least 7 years as an IC engineer
- Are a hands-on builder who enjoys operating across the stack
- Have deep experience applying AI, and are ready to experiment with frontier approaches
- Bring strong technical judgment across systems design, infrastructure, and full-stack development
- Have built developer tools, internal platforms, or workflow automation systems
- Enjoy frequent interaction with customers and thrive in feedback-driven development loops
- Are comfortable with ambiguity and excited to operate in a rapidly evolving space
- Have experience in operationally complex environments (e.g., logistics, support systems, internal tooling, warehouse automation, etc.)
Skills
AI, Full-Stack Development, System Design, Infrastructure, Developer Tools, Automation Platforms, Knowledge Graphs, Data Systems, Workflow Automation, Internal Tooling
Similar jobs
Engineering Management jobs
Garner Health
New York, NY
Leads the Data Platform Engineering team, building scalable batch and streaming infrastructure for complex healthcare data while guiding architecture, operations, and team development. Requires 5+ years of engineering experience and 2+ years managing engineering teams.
OpenAI
San Francisco, CA
Leads and grows the engineering team building AI-native artifacts such as documents, spreadsheets, slides, and dashboards. The role sets technical direction across product, infrastructure, rendering, storage, reliability, and model integration while partnering closely with research and product teams.
Rain
New York, NY
Leads and develops senior backend and platform engineers while owning architecture, reliability, and technical standards for systems moving money globally. The role requires at least five years of leadership-level experience, current hands-on engineering, distributed systems expertise, and high-stakes payments or fintech experience.
OpenAI
San Francisco, CA
Leads and grows infrastructure engineering teams responsible for highly reliable, large-scale distributed systems and core production platforms. The role requires experience operating mission-critical services, building platform or storage infrastructure across multiple clouds, and strong technical and people leadership.
Ramp
New York, NYLeads and develops a team of Account Executives responsible for acquiring mid-market customers, overseeing coaching, hiring, quota performance, pipeline strategy, forecasting, and process improvement. Requires 5+ years of quota-carrying sales experience and 3+ years leading high-performing sales teams.