AI/ML Infrastructure Lead & Technical PM

SambaNova, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

HSA contributions

Dental & Vision

Flexible Spending Account (FSA)

Well-being benefits (Headspace, Gympas

One Medical membership

Job summary

SambaNova Systems seeks a highly technical and strategic Project Manager / Engineering Lead to own engagement with a key strategic partner. You will be the central hub for technical, operational, and strategic activities, ensuring technical success of joint projects and deepening the customer relationship.

You will lead a cross-functional team of engineers, manage complex deliverables, and drive decisions on model focus and architecture to secure future business.

Qualifications

• Fluent in Japanese and English.
• 10+ years in technical project management / engineering lead / customer-facing architect roles in AI/ML, HPC, or systems infrastructure.
• Proven experience managing complex software/hardware integration or evaluation projects with tight deadlines.
• Strong understanding of AI/ML workloads including model training, inference, and the software stack (e.g., PyTorch, vLLM).
• Excellent communication skills to explain technical concepts to engineers and executives.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end planning and execution of complex technical evaluation projects.
• Lead daily standups and syncs to track progress and unblock the engineering team.
• Manage deliverables such as benchmarks, technical reports, and software artifacts.
• Serve as the primary technical point of contact for the customer's engineering teams.
• Translate customer requirements into actionable engineering tasks.
• Prepare and deliver technical briefings and reports to customer stakeholders at all levels.
• Coordinate the work of a distributed team of engineers across compilers, performance SDKs, model bring-up, systems, and packaging.
• Facilitate collaboration between Product, Engineering, and GTM to ensure a unified strategy.
• Drive technical decisions on project scope and model focus (e.g., Llama, Qwen, GLM).
• Analyze project outcomes to inform product roadmap and future sales strategies.

Skills

Japanese fluency

English fluency

Project management

Engineering leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication to executives

Tools

PyTorch

vLLM

Compilers

Performance SDKs

Job description

SambaNova Systems seeks a highly technical and strategic Project Manager / Engineering Lead to own engagement with a key strategic partner. You will be the central hub for technical, operational, and strategic activities, ensuring technical success of joint projects and deepening the customer relationship.

You will lead a cross-functional team of engineers, manage complex deliverables, and drive decisions on model focus and architecture to secure future business.