Senior Engineering Manager

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FirstPrinciplesAI Scientific Research
Ontario, Canada - RemoteFull-TimeManager
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Required Skills
Machine LearningCross-functional Team LeadershipSoftware EngineeringDistributed Systems

Requirements

  • Significant software engineering experience building complex systems.
  • Experience managing and developing high-performing engineers.
  • Demonstrated ability to raise the velocity and accountability of engineering teams.
  • Bias for action and iterative delivery while maintaining high technical standards.
  • Strong technical judgement across architecture, implementation, and production operations.
  • Experience leading cross-functional or matrixed teams without relying on direct authority.
  • Record of turning ambiguous ideas or prototypes into dependable capabilities.
  • Ability to build trust and shared language across engineering and research disciplines.
  • Scientific curiosity and technical humility.
  • Strong communication, facilitation, and conflict-resolution skills.

Responsibilities

  • Manage, coach, and develop a team of four to six engineers.
  • Form and lead multidisciplinary squads around clear scientific and product outcomes.
  • Translate open-ended research goals into technical strategies, milestones, and well-designed systems.
  • Partner closely with researchers and physicists from early exploration through implementation and production.
  • Create effective paths for researchers to contribute prototypes, algorithms, evaluations, and domain-specific code alongside engineers.
  • Guide architecture, interfaces, technical standards, and major implementation decisions.
  • Establish clear ownership and decision-making across teams and reporting lines.
  • Balance research velocity with reliability, maintainability, reproducibility, security, and cost.
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