Hands-on Engineering Manager | AI/LLM Focus & Team Lead

Optomi; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Cutting-edge technology

Growth potential

Collaborative team

Job summary

Optomi, in partnership with one of our top clients, seeks a Hands-on Engineering Manager who will stay active in code, pair program, troubleshoot, and unblock the team. The role includes owning small feature deliveries, maintaining architectural familiarity, and facilitating Agile ceremonies with high autonomy.

The position emphasizes 70% hands-on engineering and 30% management, leading two teams of three, with a focus on AI-enabled development and collaboration with Product Managers.

Qualifications

• Experience with hands-on engineering leadership and pair programming.
• Ability to own small feature deliveries and understand architecture.

Responsibilities

• Experience in Java/Kotlin with TypeScript/Node.js.
• 70% hands-on and 30% management; overseeing two teams of three.
• Hands-on technical leadership.
• People leadership.
• AI-focused experience.
• Experience leading TypeScript-based, AI-forward teams.
• 1+ years working with AI/LLM technologies.
• Experience with Cursor.
• Understanding AI-assisted software development workflows.
• Experience integrating or building with Large Language Models (LLMs).

Skills

Hands-on leadership

People leadership

AI experience

Agile collaboration

Tools

Java/Kotlin

TypeScript

Node.js

Cursor

LLMs integration

Job description

Optomi, in partnership with one of our top clients, seeks a Hands-on Engineering Manager who will stay active in code, pair program, troubleshoot, and unblock the team. The role includes owning small feature deliveries, maintaining architectural familiarity, and facilitating Agile ceremonies with high autonomy.

The position emphasizes 70% hands-on engineering and 30% management, leading two teams of three, with a focus on AI-enabled development and collaboration with Product Managers.