Engineering Manager & AI Agents & Platform

Howrecruit; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI-focused company seeks an Engineering Manager in Manchester, UK, to lead teams developing production-grade AI agents. The role requires a strong understanding of AI tooling as well as the ability to manage customer outcomes effectively. Candidates should be deeply technical and thrive in dynamic environments, focusing on impactful results. This position offers real ownership and competitive salary with equity, allowing for remote work across the UK and EU.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Equity opportunities

Real ownership and impact

Qualifications

• Experience in using AI tools as part of the development process.
• Comfortable with modern AI tooling for building AI agents.
• Proven leadership experience in technical environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead teams building and deploying AI agents in production.
• Own customer outcomes in terms of automation and reliability.
• Make architectural decisions regarding workflows and integrations.

Skills

AI tooling

Software development

Leadership

Outcome-driven mentality

Tools

Claude Code

LLMs

Job description

This is not a traditional Engineering Manager role.

If you don’t actively use AI tools to build, test and ship software, this won’t be a fit.

If you do....keep reading.

We’re leading the search for an Engineering Manager for a fast-growing AI-native company building production-grade AI agents used by real customers, at real scale.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering, AI systems, and customer outcomes.

You’ll lead engineers, but you’ll also build, deploy, and own what ships.

What makes this different

You will:

• Lead teams building and deploying AI agents in production
• Own customer outcomes (automation rates, reliability, quality)
• Make architectural calls across agents, workflows, integrations and evals
• Turn real-world deployment learnings into platform improvements
• Work directly with customers, product and leadership

You’ll still write code (perhaps with the help of Claude code/Cursor)

AI skills are a requirement

You don’t need to be an AI researcher, but you do need or want to be AI-native.

Ideally you would:

• Be comfortable building with modern AI tooling (Claude Code, LLMs, agents)
• Use AI as part of your daily development workflow
• Understand how agents behave in production (evals, failure modes, reliability)

You’ll thrive there if you

• Are deeply technical and outcome-driven
• Enjoy ambiguity and ownership
• Think like a founder, not a caretaker
• Care more about impact than process

Why do people enjoy this role

• Real ownership, real impact
• AI at the core, not a side project
• Competitive salary + equity
• Fully remote (UK/EU)

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Engineering Manager AI Agents Platform • Manchester, UK