AI-Driven Engineering Manager (Remote)

Salt; Ohio; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking an Engineering Manager to build and lead a small, AI‑native team of software engineers and data scientists. You will own delivery end-to-end for latency‑sensitive services and ML capabilities embedded in critical production workflows, balancing hands‑on leadership with strategic direction.

You’ll recruit, mentor, and set high standards, define architecture with senior engineers, and embed AI workflows into the development lifecycle while moving from concept to production.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years of engineering experience with production systems.
• Strong foundation in software engineering, distributed systems, and ML.
• Hands-on proficiency with AI-powered engineering tools and workflows.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of engineers and data scientists.
• Define architecture and guide solutions across high-throughput systems.
• Integrate AI tooling and workflows into the development lifecycle.
• Own delivery end-to-end from objectives to production.
• Maintain production reliability and performance post-deployment.
• Mentor engineers and set high standards for the team.

Skills

Software engineering

Distributed systems

Machine learning

AI tools

Tools

AI tools

Job description

Salt is seeking an Engineering Manager to build and lead a small, AI‑native team of software engineers and data scientists. You will own delivery end-to-end for latency‑sensitive services and ML capabilities embedded in critical production workflows, balancing hands‑on leadership with strategic direction.

You’ll recruit, mentor, and set high standards, define architecture with senior engineers, and embed AI workflows into the development lifecycle while moving from concept to production.