AI/ML Engineering Manager 2

Jobtailor; Minneapolis (MN); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a seasoned software engineering leader to drive the Travelbank platform. You will guide engineering teams, champion robust coding practices, and mentor engineers in technical skills and career growth.

You will influence cross-team strategy and advocate for AI/ML-powered product capabilities, ensuring high-performance APIs and scalable web applications across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent work experience.
• 5–6 years of relevant technical experience.
• 3–4 years of leading a software engineering team.
• Experience leading development of modern web applications.
• Strong backend and ML systems experience.
• People management, mentoring, and coaching engineers at all levels.
• GenAI exposure is required.
• ML platform engineering experience.
• Strong AI/ML understanding including embeddings.
• Able to collaborate with partner engineering teams on high-performing software applications.
• Responsible for application performance, complex APIs and cross-application integration.
• Work cross-functionally with Product and Design to deliver well-engineered experiences.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to development and improvement of our travel and expense management system Travelbank.
• Guide and inspire strong coding practices and solid software design decisions within the team.
• Grow and mentor engineers regarding technical skills and career development.
• Assist with cross-team strategic efforts to deliver business value efficiently.
• Advocate for new product abilities based on technical strategy and constraints.

Skills

Leadership

Backend development

ML systems

GenAI

Code review

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring engineers

Software design

Performance optimization

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development and improvement of our agile and efficient travel and expense management system; Travelbank.
• Focus on technological solution delivery by guiding and inspiring strong coding practices and solid software design decisions among their team.
• Responsible for growing and mentoring engineers as it relates to technical skills and career development.
• Assists with cross-team strategic efforts, influencing decisions to achieve efficient delivery of business value.
• Understands cross-team technical roadmaps, advocating new product abilities based on technical strategy and constraints.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, or equivalent work experience
• Five to six years of relevant technical experience
• Three to four years of leading a software engineering team
• Experience leading development of modern web applications
• Strong backend + ML systems experience
• Strong people management skills including mentoring and coaching engineers of all skill levels
• GenAI exposure (required)
• ML platform engineering experience
• Strong AI/ML understanding (incl. embeddings)
• Able to collaborate with partner engineering teams architecting and implementing high performing software applications.
• Responsible for application performance, complex APIs and integration across multiple applications.
• Work cross functionally with Product, Design, and other partner teams to deliver well‑engineered experiences that delight customers.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to review code.