AI Infrastructure Engineering Manager, Foundation Models

Menlo Ventures

Mountain View (CA)

On-site

USD 190,000 - 261,250

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Databricks, a leading data and AI company, seeks an Engineering Manager to lead the Foundation Model Inference team. You will guide infra engineers, drive multi-quarter initiatives, and collaborate with product leaders to deliver reliable, scalable AI capabilities.

The role emphasizes strong architectural judgment, team growth, and operational excellence in a fast-paced AI infrastructure environment.

Qualifications

Experience managing and growing high-performing software engineering teams.
Strong technical judgment in distributed systems, platform infrastructure, AI/ML infrastructure, or large-scale backend services.
Track record delivering complex, multi-quarter engineering initiatives with high quality and predictable execution.
Experience partnering effectively with product management and peer engineering teams to translate customer and business needs into roadmaps and shipped outcomes.
Operational rigor, including incident response, postmortems, and continuous improvement.
Excellent communication, coaching, and hiring skills.
BS in Computer Science or related field.

Responsibilities

Lead and grow a team of infrastructure engineers for Foundation Model Inference and Foundation Model API.
Shape roadmaps for real-time inference, provisioned throughput, and batch inference use cases.
Partner with product and engineering leadership to deliver capabilities with reliability and service health.
Maintain a deep understanding of the team's technical area and uphold high architectural and execution standards.