Decision Engineering Team Lead, Manufacturing & Supply Chain

Fluidstack; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 269,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health insurance

Retirement plan

Generous PTO

Job summary

Fluidstack in San Francisco is hiring a Decision Engineering Team Lead to guide AI-powered tools for manufacturing and supply chain. You will lead a small team, ship high-leverage AI tools, and drive an AI infrastructure roadmap while still contributing technically.

You will own delivery, mentor engineers, and collaborate with leadership to identify the highest-impact AI augmentation bets. Competitive compensation and strong benefits are offered.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with 2+ years leading a team while still coding.
• Track record shipping production systems in manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, or automation.
• Production-grade code in Go, Python, and TypeScript, with full-stack web app experience (React/Next.js).
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs and agentic tooling; knowledge of MCP servers.
• Deep understanding of AI coding agents and related tools (Claude Code, Cursor).
• Technical depth to review architecture and unblock engineers; ownership mindset.
• Excellent communication with non-technical stakeholders; proactive roadmapping.
• Nice to have: experience in fast-scaling automation or supply chain software.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of Decision Engineers, setting technical direction and shipping bar.
• Still contribute hands-on by delivering high-leverage AI tools for manufacturing and supply chain workflows.
• Identify high-impact AI augmentation opportunities and translate them into shipped tools with measurable gains.
• Design and maintain shared AI infrastructure and documentation.
• Grow engineers through reviews, direction, and hiring.
• Partner with leadership to translate goals into an AI tooling roadmap.

Skills

Team leadership

Go

Python

TypeScript

LLM APIs

Agent frameworks

React/Next.js

System shipping

Communication

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

MCP servers

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.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.

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 Manufacturing & Supply Chain team. You'll lead a small team of Decision Engineers (AI Software Engineers) building AI-powered tools and decision systems that make manufacturing and supply chain 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 manufacturing and supply chain workflows
• Own the team's delivery: identify the highest-impact AI augmentation opportunities across manufacturing and supply chain 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 in supply chain, manufacturing, logistics, or automation domains
• 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 supportExcellent communication skills with the ability to translate technical concepts for non-technical stakeholders
• Nice to have: experience at a fast-scaling automation, robotics, or supply chain 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