Skip to content
MercorMercorSan Francisco, CA

Engineering Manager, Enterprise Applied AI

Lead a forward-deployed engineering team to deliver production AI systems and agentic workflows for enterprise customers. Partner closely with Sales/GTM and customers on technical delivery, while hiring, mentoring engineers, and driving commercial impact through scalable AI deployments.

300k – 520k/yr
On-site7+ YOEEngineering Management

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Partner directly with customers to align technical requirements with business objectives, acting as the critical bridge between engineering and Sales, GTM, and delivery
  • Co-lead a Technical team with an Operations counterpart to deliver scalable, production-ready AI systems for enterprise customers
  • Translate ambiguous workflows into scalable AI-powered solutions, integrating across enterprise systems, APIs, internal tools, and data sources
  • Guide the deployment of AI workflows, agent orchestration, evaluation systems, and continual learning feedback loops
  • Hire, mentor, and develop exceptional engineers while establishing rigorous engineering and technical delivery practices as the organization scales
  • Work closely with Sales/GTM, Product, Research, and Platform Engineering to bring new AI capabilities into production

What We're Looking For

  • 5+ years building production software systems, with strong software engineering fundamentals in Python, Go, Java, Rust, or similar languages
  • 2+ years directly managing technical teams
  • Proven track record leading customer-facing technical delivery for enterprise software, AI products, or developer platforms
  • Deep experience designing distributed systems and cloud-native applications
  • Highly comfortable communicating complex technical concepts to both engineers and executive-level customer stakeholders
  • Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, coach others, make decisive technical calls, and maintain high execution velocity in unstructured environments

Nice to Haves

  • AI agents or agent orchestration
  • LLM applications
  • Evaluation systems or benchmarking
  • Enterprise integrations
  • Workflow automation
  • Production ML systems

Benefits

  • Participation in the Enterprise revenue sharing pool
  • Generous equity grant vested over 4 years
  • Up to $15k Relocation bonus
  • $10K housing bonus (if you live within 0.5 miles of our office)
  • $1.5K monthly stipend for meals
  • Free Equinox membership
  • $200 monthly laundry reimbursement
  • $200 monthly personal wellness reimbursement
  • Health, Dental, Vision insurance

Skills

PythonGoJavaRustDistributed SystemsCloud-Native ApplicationsAI AgentsAgent OrchestrationLlm ApplicationsEvaluation SystemsEnterprise IntegrationsWorkflow AutomationProduction Ml

Similar roles

Engineering Management jobs
Perplexity

Engineering Manager

PerplexitySan Francisco, CA

Lead and grow Perplexity's Agents engineering team as a Tech Lead Manager. Combine AI expertise, product intuition, and engineering management to build advanced AI agents that execute user intent across environments. Requires 8+ years engineering experience including 3+ years managing teams.

300k – 405k/yr
On-site8+ YOEEngineering Management
Eve

Platform Engineering Leader

EveSan Mateo, CA

Lead and scale Eve's platform engineering organization, owning the data platform, ingestion, and retrieval infrastructure powering AI-native legal workflows. Requires proven experience leading multiple engineering teams or managers in a high-growth startup, with strong technical depth, product intuition, and a builder mindset.

300k – 400k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEEngineering Management
Perplexity

Engineering Manager

PerplexitySan Francisco, CA

Lead the API Platform engineering team, designing and scaling mission-critical APIs that deliver frontier AI capabilities to developers and agents. Drive technical strategy, hiring, and cross-team collaboration.

300k – 405k/yr
On-site8+ YOEEngineering Management
Brex

Senior Engineering Manager, Acquisition

BrexNew York, NY

Leads engineering teams building Salesforce platform, GTM applications, and marketing website. Drives technical roadmap, AI integrations, and cross-functional partnerships in a high-growth fintech environment, requiring 8+ years engineering and 3+ years management experience.

300k – 375k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEEngineering Management
Brex

Senior Engineering Manager, Acquisition

BrexSeattle, WA

Leads engineering teams building Salesforce platform, GTM applications, and marketing website. Drives technical roadmap, AI integrations, and cross-functional partnerships in a high-growth fintech environment. Requires 8+ years engineering with 3+ years managing teams and deep Salesforce expertise.

300k – 375k/yr
Hybrid8+ YOEEngineering Management