Engineering Manager, Ai Development Platforms - Belmont, Ma

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC; Belmont (MA); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 234,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Equity program

Hybrid work environment

401(k)

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

PTO

Job summary

Motion Recruitment Partners LLC seeks an Engineering Manager, AI Development Platforms to lead a team focused on developer productivity, AI tooling, and platform automation in Belmont, MA. This player-coach role combines people leadership with hands-on architectural work and strategic delivery.

You will guide cloud-native tooling, CI/CD, and AI-enabled development initiatives while shaping engineering standards and fostering a culture of technical excellence across distributed teams.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience.
• 2+ years in engineering management or technical leadership.
• Backend-focused development experience.
• Experience designing cloud-native applications and services.
• Strong CI/CD and modern delivery practices.
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized apps.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and automation.
• Proven lead on major technical initiatives from architecture to production.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Passion for improving engineering productivity through automation and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers focused on productivity and AI-powered platforms.
• Remain hands-on in architecture, design reviews, and automation initiatives.
• Partner with engineers to solve complex challenges across infra, deployment, and tooling.
• Build and enhance internal platforms to help develop, test, deploy, operate software.
• Drive improvements across CI/CD, observability, testing automation, and delivery systems.
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered development tools to boost efficiency.
• Establish technical standards across platform engineering and software delivery.
• Lead major engineering initiatives from planning to production rollout.
• Collaborate with leadership on long-term platform strategy.
• Foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement.

Skills

Software engineering

Engineering management

Backend development

Cloud-native

CI/CD pipelines

Kubernetes

Infrastructure as Code

Automation

Stakeholder management

Technical leadership

Job description

Job DescriptionAn innovative AI-powered software company is seeking an Engineering Manager, AI Development Platforms to lead a team focused on developer productivity, engineering automation, internal tooling, and AI-enhanced software delivery.

This is a player-coach leadership role that combines people management with meaningful hands-on engineering contribution. The successful candidate will lead a team of engineers while remaining deeply involved in architecture, platform design, automation initiatives, technical decision-making, and major engineering projects.

The organization is investing heavily in AI-assisted software development, intelligent automation, cloud infrastructure, and developer tooling to help engineering teams build and release software more efficiently. This role offers the opportunity to directly influence how modern engineering practices and AI technologies are adopted across the company.

Location

Belmont, MA (Hybrid)

Required Skills & Experience

• 10+ years of software engineering experience
• 2+ years of engineering management, team leadership, or technical leadership experience
• Strong hands-on background in backend software engineering
• Experience designing and building cloud-native applications and services
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines and modern software delivery practices
• Experience with Kubernetes and containerized applications
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and infrastructure automation
• Proven experience leading major technical initiatives from architecture through production deployment
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
• Passion for improving engineering productivity through automation and tooling

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience leading Developer Experience, Developer Productivity, Platform Engineering, Infrastructure, or DevOps teams
• Experience building internal developer tools and self-service engineering platforms
• Experience managing backend and infrastructure-focused engineers
• Experience implementing AI-assisted development tools and workflow automation
• Familiarity with LLM-powered developer tooling and agent-based development workflows
• Experience supporting high-frequency software releases
• Startup or high-growth technology company experience
• Experience working across distributed engineering teams

What You Will Be DoingDaily Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of engineers focused on engineering productivity and AI-powered development platforms
• Remain hands‑on by contributing to architecture, technical design, code reviews, automation initiatives, and critical engineering projects
• Partner with engineers to solve complex technical challenges across infrastructure, deployment, and developer tooling
• Build and enhance internal platforms that help engineers develop, test, deploy, and operate software more efficiently
• Drive improvements across CI/CD, observability, testing automation, and software delivery systems
• Evaluate and implement AI-powered development tools that improve engineering efficiency
• Establish technical standards and best practices across platform engineering and software delivery
• Lead major engineering initiatives from planning through production rollout
• Collaborate closely with engineering leadership on long‑term platform strategy
• Help foster a culture of technical excellence, ownership, and continuous improvement

Leadership / Hands‑On Mix

• Approximately 50% leadership, mentoring, and technical strategy
• Approximately 50% hands‑on technical contribution, architecture, design reviews, and engineering initiatives

The Offer

• Base Salary: $180,000 - $234,000
• Annual Performance Bonus
• Equity Participation Program
• Hybrid Work Environment
• Opportunity to help define the future of AI‑enabled software development
• Significant influence on engineering strategy and technology direction
• High visibility with executive and engineering leadership

You will receive the following benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Benefits
• Vision Benefits
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 401(k)

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the US on a full‑time basis now and in the future.