Engineering Manager (Research Tools)

Menlo Ventures; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Optional equity donation matching

Generous vacation and parental leave

Flexible working hours

Collaborative office space

Job summary

Menlo Ventures is seeking a manager for the Research Tools team in San Francisco. The ideal candidate will lead a group of machine learning experts, focusing on optimizing systems for research productivity and project iteration.

This role demands strong skills in people management, project management experience, and the ability to understand complex technical systems. Competitive compensation and generous benefits are part of the package.

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of experience in people management.
• Experience with research teams and production pipelines.
• Strong background in project management and prioritization.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize team’s work in collaboration with leads and product teams.
• Design and improve operational processes for the team.
• Coach and support team members’ professional growth.
• Manage recruiting efforts efficiently.

Skills

People management

Project management

Technical systems understanding

Coaching and mentorship

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

About the role

Anthropic's Research Tools team builds systems that support our large-scale, distributed finetuning runs and improve the productivity of researchers. As a manager, you’ll support a team of machine learning and distributed systems experts to make these systems and tools highly efficient, support fast iteration on model development and research, and evolve the infrastructure continuously to incorporate new research advances.

Responsibilities

• Prioritize the team’s work in collaboration with the technical lead, research teams, and product teams to support fast iteration on research projects and training runs.
• Design processes (e.g., postmortem review, incident response, on‑call rotations) that help the team operate effectively.
• Coach and support your reports to understand and pursue their professional growth.
• Run the team’s recruiting efforts efficiently, ensuring we can grow as quickly as we need through a period of rapid growth.

You may be a good fit if you

• Believe that advanced AI systems could have a transformative effect on the world and are interested in helping make sure that transformation goes well.
• Are an experienced manager (at least 2 years) and actively enjoy people management.
• Are a quick study: this team sits at the intersection of a large number of different complex technical systems that you’ll need to understand (at a high level) to be effective.

Strong candidates may also have

• Experience working with research teams, especially as part of a “research to production” pipeline.
• Strong people management experience: coaching, performance evaluation, mentorship, career development.
• Strong project management skills: prioritization, communicating across team/org boundaries.
• Experience recruiting for your team: predicting staffing needs, designing interview loops, evaluating candidates, and closing them.

Logistics

• Minimum education: Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience.
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience.
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position.

Compensation

The annual compensation range for this role is $1 — $2 USD.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours.
• Lovely office space to collaborate with colleagues.