Decision Engineering Team Lead, Infrastructure Development & Delivery

Fluidstack; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Retirement plan

Generous PTO

Job summary

Fluidstack is hiring a Decision Engineering Team Lead to guide the Infrastructure Development & Delivery team. You will lead a small group of AI Software Engineers, set technical direction, and own delivery standards while continuing to code hands‑on.

You’ll drive AI tooling that improves infrastructure workflows and partner with leadership for high‑impact bets. You’ll design shared AI infrastructure, grow engineers, and translate goals into an actionable roadmap, aligning tech decisions with

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years leading a team while still coding.
• Track record shipping production systems and internal tools that operational teams rely on.
• Production‑grade code in Go, Python, and TypeScript, with strong full‑stack skills building web applications (React, Next.js, or similar frameworks).
• Hands‑on experience building applications with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or open‑weight models), creating and using MCP servers, and agentic frameworks.
• Deep understanding of AI coding agent tools including Claude Code and Cursor, and the agent frameworks around them.
• Technical depth to review architecture and unblock engineers, not just manage.
• Ownership mentality: you can define a roadmap and execute without heavy process support.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Decision Engineers, setting technical direction and owning the bar for what ships.
• Still build hands‑on: personally ship the highest‑leverage AI tools and agents for infrastructure development and delivery workflows.
• Own the team's delivery: identify the highest‑impact AI augmentation opportunities across infrastructure development and delivery workflows and turn them into shipped tools with measurable productivity gains.
• Design and maintain shared AI infrastructure including AGENTS.md and SKILLS.md, and shared skills the wider organization builds on.
• Grow the engineers on your team through review, direction, and hiring.
• Partner with team and functional leadership to translate their goals into an AI tooling roadmap.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

Go/Python/TypeScript

Full-stack web apps

LLM APIs

Agent frameworks

Architecture review

Communication

Tools

React/Next.js

MCP servers

Claude Code

Cursor

Job description

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

Overview

We are hiring a Decision Engineering Team Lead for the Infrastructure Development & Delivery team. You'll lead a small team of Decision Engineers (AI Software Engineers) building AI-powered tools and decision systems that make infrastructure development and delivery workflows significantly more productive, while still shipping hands‑on. You'll set technical direction, own the team's delivery bar, grow engineers, and partner with leadership to pick the highest‑impact AI augmentation bets.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Decision Engineers, setting technical direction and owning the bar for what ships
• Still build hands‑on: personally ship the highest‑leverage AI tools and agents for infrastructure development and delivery workflows
• Own the team's delivery: identify the highest‑impact AI augmentation opportunities across infrastructure development and delivery workflows and turn them into shipped tools with measurable productivity gains
• Design and maintain shared AI infrastructure including AGENTS.md and SKILLS.md, and shared skills the wider organization builds on
• Grow the engineers on your team through review, direction, and hiring
• Partner with team and functional leadership to translate their goals into an AI tooling roadmap

Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years leading a team while still coding
• Track record shipping production systems and internal tools that operational teams rely on
• Production‑grade code in Go, Python, and TypeScript, with strong full‑stack skills building web applications (React, Next.js, or similar frameworks)
• Hands‑on experience building applications with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or open‑weight models), creating and using MCP servers, and agentic frameworks
• Deep understanding of AI coding agent tools including Claude Code and Cursor, and the agent frameworks around them
• Technical depth to review architecture and unblock engineers, not just manage
• Ownership mentality: you can define a roadmap and execute without heavy process support
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non‑technical stakeholders
• Nice to have: experience at a fast‑scaling automation, robotics, or infrastructure software company

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (cash + equity)
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Retirement plan
• Generous PTO policy

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans' status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.

Compensation Range: $269K - $335K