Senior Engineering Manager

Ciklum; United States; Remote; USD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Learning & development

Job summary

Ciklum is seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead a greenfield AI platform in India. You will own technical direction, grow a cross-functional team of 10–15 engineers, and drive the delivery of agentic systems at scale. The role blends architecture leadership with people management in a fast-moving environment.

You will collaborate with product managers and ensure robust observability, safety, and governance while advancing LLM-powered orchestration across the stack.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in software engineering with 5+ years leading teams.
• Experience building or operating LLM-powered systems (agents, RAG, tooling).
• Proven AIDLC implementation replacing PDLC/SDLC.
• AWS cloud experience with Bedrock AgentCore and Step Functions.
• Observability and evals for non-deterministic systems.
• Backend in Python and FastAPI; frontend in React/Tailwind.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of AI & Forward Deployed Engineers building agent orchestration, tool-use frameworks, and evaluation pipelines from zero
• Set technical strategy for agent architecture: planning loops, memory, tool calling, multi-agent coordination, and guardrails
• Drive the implementation of an AIDLC approach, replacing traditional PDLC/SDLC practices across the org
• Own the Observability and Evals strategy for agentic systems — tracing, monitoring, and eval frameworks for non-deterministic, multi-step workflows
• Partner with product managers to translate ambiguous problems into shippable agentic features
• Own reliability and safety practices for autonomous systems (evals, sandboxing, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, rollback strategies)
• Drive hiring, mentorship, and career growth for your team
• Balance hands-on technical involvement (architecture reviews, code reviews) with people management
• Report on team velocity, system performance, and risk to leadership
• Sketch out engineering estimations

Skills

Leadership

LLM-powered systems

Python

FastAPI

AWS Bedrock

Step Functions

LangGraph / AutoGen

React

Tailwind

Observability

Team management

Tools

LangGraph

AutoGen

Bedrock AgentCore

Step Functions

Job description

Ciklum is looking for a Senior Engineering Manager to join our team full-time in India.

We are a custom product engineering company that supports both multinational organizations and scaling startups to solve their most complex business challenges. With a global team of over 4,000 highly skilled developers, consultants, analysts and product owners, we engineer technology that redefines industries and shapes the way people live.

About the role:

As a Senior Engineering Manager, become a part of a cross-functional development team engineering experiences of tomorrow. Senior Engineering Manager to lead a greenfield build of our agentic AI systems autonomous, multi-step workflows where AI agents plan, use tools, and act with minimal human intervention. You'll own technical direction, team growth, and delivery for a group of 1015 engineers working at the intersection of LLMs, orchestration, and production infrastructure, building this platform from the ground up.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and grow a team of AI & Forward Deployed Engineers building agent orchestration, tool-use frameworks, and evaluation pipelines from zero
• Set technical strategy for agent architecture: planning loops, memory, tool calling, multi-agent coordination, and guardrails
• Drive the implementation of an AIDLC (AI-Driven Development Lifecycle) approach, replacing traditional PDLC/SDLC practices across the org
• Own the Observability and Evals strategy for agentic systems — tracing, monitoring, and eval frameworks for non-deterministic, multi-step workflows
• Partner with product managers to translate ambiguous problems into shippable agentic features
• Own reliability and safety practices for autonomous systems (evals, sandboxing, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, rollback strategies)
• Drive hiring, mentorship, and career growth for your team
• Balance hands-on technical involvement (architecture reviews, code reviews) with people management
• Report on team velocity, system performance, and risk to leadership
• Sketch out engineering estimations

Requirements:

• 12+ years in software engineering, with 5+ years managing engineering teams
• Direct experience building or operating LLM-powered systems (agents, RAG, tool-calling, orchestration frameworks like LangGraph, AutoGen, or custom stacks)
• Proven track record of delivering an AIDLC implementation that successfully replaced PDLC/SDLC within an engineering organisation
• Cloud: AWS — excellent knowledge with Bedrock AgentCore, Step Functions (ASL), and related agent-hosting/orchestration services
• Strong knowledge of Harness engineering
• Strong experience with Observability and Evals for non-deterministic systems (tracing, eval harnesses, monitoring, drift/regression detection)
• Backend services: experience with Python and FastAPI
• Frontend: working knowledge of React, Tailwind, and Solstice (JLL design system)
• Track record of shipping ambiguous, fast-moving products under real constraints
• Excellent communicator who can translate technical tradeoffs for non-technical stakeholders

What’s in it for you?

• Strong community: Work alongside top professionals in a friendly, open-door environment
• Growth focus: Take on large-scale projects with a global impact and expand your expertise
• Tailored learning: Boost your skills with internal events (meetups, conferences, workshops), Udemy access, language courses, and company-paid certifications
• Endless opportunities: Explore diverse domains through internal mobility, finding the best fit to gain hands‑on experience with cutting‑edge technologies
• Care: We’ve got you covered with company-paid medical insurance, mental health support, and financial & legal consultations

About us:

At Ciklum, we are always exploring innovations, empowering each other to achieve more, and engineering solutions that matter. With us, you’ll work with cutting‑edge technologies, contribute to impactful projects, and be part of a One Team culture that values collaboration and progress.

India is a strategic innovation hub for Ciklum, with growing teams in Chennai and Pune leading advancements in EdgeTech, AR/VR, IoT, and beyond. Join us to collaborate on game‑changing solutions and take your career to the next level.

Explore, empower, engineer with Ciklum!