About this opportunity
Primis lists this AI Engineering Manager opportunity in san francisco, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.
Job description
This range is provided by Primis. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.
Base pay range
$245,000.00/yr - $275,000.00/yr
AI Engineering Team Lead
Hybrid
Our client, a Series A startup in the therapeutic development space, is building the AI workbench for the entire drug development lifecycle. Their platform streamlines regulatory workflows end-to-end by intelligently and creatively infusing every step with AI, helping bring new treatments to patients faster and more safely.
They’re looking for an AI Engineering Manager to manage and scale a growing team of AI Engineers. This person will drive architectural direction and roadmap execution while staying hands‑on and deeply technical.
What you’ll do:
Lead and grow a team of 3+ AI Engineers
Set and maintain high engineering and quality standards
Oversee AI architecture and long‑term technical initiatives
Hire, mentor, and develop engineers
Partner cross‑functionally with Product and Leadership
Stay hands‑on through code reviews, bug fixes, and technical discussions
Ideal background:
Early‑stage startup experience (Strong background building production software with LLMs in the loop
Track record designing and implementing scalable AI systems
Experience managing and mentoring technical teams
Data‑first mindset; experience in regulated domains is a plus
$245k-275k + Equity
Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they only meet 50-60% of the descriptions, however, when looking at women and other minority groups, they can look for up to a 99% match in order to apply to a role. If you feel you are a fit for our role, please still apply, don’t worry if you don’t tick every single box. We’d still love to hear from you. We encourage underrepresented talent to apply to all our roles & support accessibility needs.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Staffing and Recruiting
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Worksite address
san francisco, CA, 94199, US
Who can apply
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