Engineering Manager, Agentic Video Editing (Remote)

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 222,000 - 262,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

generous healthcare package

401k matching program

catered lunches

flexible vacation time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Agent team, focused on building the world’s best Agentic Video Editor, Underlord. You will manage a team of 5-6 engineers, collaborate with product, design, and AI research to ship high-quality, scalable features.

In this role you’ll drive delivery, mentor engineers, and shape the technical roadmap for agent-driven video editing while partnering with AI research to explore novel context management and multimodal

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years of engineering management experience delivering complex, cross-functional product work with high velocity and quality.
• Excels at hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineering talent, and creating collaborative, empowering, and high-performing team environments.
• Strong technical background with the ability to guide architectural decisions, evaluate tradeoffs, and maintain engineering excellence without being hands-on day-to-day.
• Communicates clearly and effectively across technical and non-technical audiences, and thrives in collaborative environments working closely with Product, Design, and Research partners.
• Plans ahead on a 12+ month horizon, but prioritizes and re-prioritizes aggressively as new information emerges. Makes and communicates calculated bets.
• Thrives in fast-paced, rapidly changing environments, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and drive results. AI moves very quickly and keeping pace with the market means you are already behind. High ownership and a bias toward action is a must.
• Extra Credit! Experience building agents, developing evals, or leading teams building LLM-powered products. Experience building creative tools in the past or you're a frequent user of creative media tools. If you join the company, you'll end up making lots of videos!

Responsibilities

• Own execution: Manage team prioritizes, drive alignment across stakeholders, adapt plans to maximize outcomes, and hold a high bar for delivery through active planning, prioritization, and follow-through.
• Define team direction: Connect customer needs, product vision, and technical realities in close collaboration with Product, Design, and AI Research by setting clear priorities and making tradeoffs to deliver results.
• Develop your team: Mentor, and grow engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and high performance. Create stretch opportunities for ICs, deliver clear and direct feedback, and manage underperformance early.
• Drive operational excellence: Ensure execution is predictable, reliable, and sustainable, implementing best practices in project management and engineering processes.
• Maintain the technical bar: Guide architectural decisions, ensure sound design tradeoffs, address tech debt that slows execution, and drive delivery of high-quality, reliable systems.

Skills

Engineering Leadership Experience

Team Builder

Technical Judgment

Effective Communicator

Strategic Thinker

Adaptable and Resilient

Extra Credit! Agent development/LLM

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead our Agent team, focused on building the world’s best Agentic Video Editor, Underlord. You will manage a team of 5-6 engineers, collaborate with product, design, and AI research to ship high-quality, scalable features.

In this role you’ll drive delivery, mentor engineers, and shape the technical roadmap for agent-driven video editing while partnering with AI research to explore novel context management and multimodal