Engineering Manager, AI-First Platform (Remote)

Toptal; Colombia; Presencial; COP 442.744.000 - 632.491.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Toptal is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high-velocity team building AI-enabled data tools and a modern stack (Next.js, NestJS, React, Supabase). You will mentor engineers, drive product alignment with stakeholders, and maintain high code quality in a remote environment.

You’ll collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Architects to shape the platform roadmap and ensure delivery of mission-critical features that impact revenue.

Formación

• 7+ years of experience working with back-end, front-end technologies, and databases.
• Solid grasp of object-oriented programming, databases (PostgreSQL/Supabase), clean code, development, and automated testing methodologies.
• 2+ years of previous experience leading an Engineering team.
• Good track record of delivering successful products as an engineer and engineering manager.
• Experience managing small teams with high autonomy and low process overhead.
• Ability to weigh implementation time against performance, failure tolerance, security, and long-term maintenance.
• Experience with data labeling, media processing (video/audio), or PDF manipulation is a plus.
• Familiarity with LangGraph or LangChain and related technologies is a plus.
• Familiarity with Redis, Kafka, and related caching and queueing technologies is a plus.
• Familiarity with NextJS, React, JavaScript, TypeScript, and GraphQL is a plus.
• Experience designing and building AI Agents, MCP servers, and data classification components for training LLM’s is a plus.
• Experience with cloud-native infrastructure on platforms such as GCP or AWS is a plus.
• Ability to evaluate technical architecture trade-offs in real-time during design discussions.
• Strong code review skills - able to distinguish good from bad code and articulate why.
• Active, demonstrated experience as an AI-first engineer. Push the boundaries of development. Use of AI development tools (Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor, etc.) in your own workflow and try to delegate/automate repetitive tasks using agents.
• Genuine curiosity about LLMs and AI-assisted engineering.
• Strong communication skills - clear writing, direct feedback, effective facilitation.
• You must be a world-class individual contributor to thrive at Toptal. You will not be here just to tell other people what to do.

Responsabilidades

• Set goals for your team and team members.
• Understand the big picture of what your team is doing and why.
• Inspire and motivate your team towards maximum happiness and output.
• Communicate with stakeholders regularly and proactively.
• Communicate proactively with your Product Manager and their team.
• Create a productive and enjoyable work environment for the team.
• Establish feedback loops in your team and give your team members immediate feedback.
• Participate in regular performance reviews.
• Facilitate technical discussions and push for high code quality by frequent code reviews.
• Facilitate and, when necessary, resolve technical and interpersonal discussions.
• Ensure the overall output quality of the team.
• Mentor team members and collaborate on personal and career growth.
• Be aware of engineering-wide technical and people initiatives and be open to help if necessary.
• Bring up difficult and/or systemic challenges and blockers to the attention of your manager.
• As an Engineering Manager, you are first and foremost a leader, not a developer. This doesn’t mean, though, that you don’t stay up to date with programming-related topics and make sure that you get your hands dirty regularly.
• Lead the recruiting and hiring process of the team.
• Track progress, assess risks, coordinate delivery, and actively communicate contingency and mitigation plans for the team.
• Apply system-analyst techniques and procedures, including consulting with users to determine hardware, software, or systems functional specifications.

Conocimientos

Backend

Frontend

Databases

AI/ML

Leadership

Code reviews

Cloud platforms

Next.js

React

GraphQL

Herramientas

Next.js

NestJS

React

Supabase

PostgreSQL

Kafka

Redis

LangGraph

LangChain

GCP/AWS

Descripción del empleo

Toptal is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a high-velocity team building AI-enabled data tools and a modern stack (Next.js, NestJS, React, Supabase). You will mentor engineers, drive product alignment with stakeholders, and maintain high code quality in a remote environment.

You’ll collaborate with Product Managers, Designers, and Architects to shape the platform roadmap and ensure delivery of mission-critical features that impact revenue.