Engineering Manager - Cloud AI

We are looking for an Engineering Manager who is passionate about developer tools and loves applying modern AI/ML capabilities (LLMs, model fine-tuning, RAG, and more) to improve the developer experience.   You will lead the team building the future of the Pulumi Copilot and Pulumi AI products, integrating AI capabilities across the Pulumi Cloud.

Since AI is moving so fast, this individual must be able to balance keeping up with new advances in AI with the need to continuously ship new capabilities.

At Pulumi, you will be challenged, learn, teach, and collaborate with an elite team of great people.

As a manager, you have the potential to have an enormous impact on the team. We are seeking someone with a deep commitment to leading, mentoring, and growing their team, who inspires people to choose to work with them again and again.

While Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA., we are dedicated to being a remote-first company.

Key Responsibilities:

Team Leadership and Development:

• Inspire the team to dream big and pursue creative solutions.
• Hire and retain top talent, fostering a culture of intellectual curiosity and lifelong learning.
• Mentor and coach engineers, helping them set and achieve their career goals.
• Foster a positive and inclusive team culture, encouraging collaboration and continuous improvement.
• Set high standards for team performance and continuously raise the bar.
• Conduct regular performance evaluations, provide constructive feedback, and manage underperformance with empathy and objectivity.
• Celebrate team successes and learn from failures together.
• Promote a culture of winning as a team, where everyone has a voice and seat at the table.
• Manage the engineering process, working with product, executives and engineers to set realistic deadlines, and keep the Service team on track to meet its deliverables.

Customer-Centric Approach:

• Advocate for customer needs and perspectives in all engineering efforts.
• Ensure that our products and services delight our customers and drive their success.

Technical Leadership:

• Guide design and architecture discussions, ensuring technical excellence.
• Collaborate with principal engineers and contribute to code when necessary.
• Ensure steady operations and drive a DevOps culture within the team.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience as an engineering manager or in a similar leadership role.
• 2+ years in AI/ML and surrounding technologies
• Strong technical background with the ability to guide design and architecture.
• Hands-on experience in coding and technical problem-solving.
• Comfort with building and iterating on both Open Source and Enterprise products.
• Comfort with all/some of the following: Amazon Web Services, MySQL, elasticsearch, AI/ML, building robust and resilient systems.
• Exceptional communication, both written and verbal.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Experience in a fast-paced, agile environment is a plus.

Compensation:

• Base Salary Hiring Range: $180,500 - $227,850
• All full-time employee offers at Pulumi include base salary, bonus or variable, equity and benefits (details below). 

Pulumi Benefits:

• Health: We provide comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance at no cost to U.S. employees, and comply with local health benefit requirements internationally.
• Time Off: We have an unlimited Personal Time Off (PTO) policy and require employees to take at least three weeks off annually, in addition to 13 U.S. holidays.
• 401K: We offer a 401(k) with an employer match for U.S. employees to support long-term financial security.
• Parental Leave: We provide 20 weeks of paid leave for the birthing parent or primary caregiver and 16 for the non-birthing parent or secondary caregiver.
• Remote-First: Our workforce is fully remote, spanning over 20 states and 12 countries. We encourage asynchronous collaboration and support remote work with an annual "work from anywhere" fund.
• Professional Development: Each employee receives an annual development budget, reinforcing our commitment to continuous learning.
• Equity: As a growing startup, all employees receive equity and are encouraged to be frugal, scrappy, and to act like owners.
• Additional Funds: We offer a monthly wellness fund for physical or mental well-being and a quarterly happiness fund for persona