Engineering Manager (Remote, US)

Vivun Inc. • Oakland, CA

12d • Remote

About The Position

Vivun delivers Ava, the AI Sales Teammate for high-velocity sales teams that sells with you and unlocks instant capacity. Powered by a proprietary Sales Reasoning Model, Ava provides real-time guidance before, during, and after calls through text, voice, or avatar. By helping sellers work smarter, faster, and better, Ava saves reps 6–8 hours per week—freeing teams to focus on driving growth.
Vivun is building technology that changes how people work, collaborate, and succeed together. Join us in shaping the future of intelligent sales.
Position Summary
Vivun is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and grow a high-performing, distributed engineering team responsible for advancing the state of the art in AI-led sales. In this role, you’ll be accountable for team execution and outcomes while partnering closely with Product and cross-functional leaders to translate ambitious goals into reliable, scalable delivery.
You’ll coach and develop engineers through regular 1:1s, feedback, and performance management, while also contributing hands-on technical leadership. You will guide system design, architecture decisions, and AI-native product development practices, including experimentation velocity, evaluation, quality, and reliability across AI-driven features and services.
You’ll champion a strong engineering culture with high standards, inclusive collaboration, and a user-first mindset in a fully remote environment. This is a high-impact role for a leader who thrives in fast-moving startups, creates clarity amid ambiguity, and is energized by building technology that changes how people work.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering
• 5+ years of experience managing and leading engineering teams
• Strong track record of delivering large-scale, resilient, and observable distributed systems and services
• Strong collaboration and communication skills
• Strong hands-on skills; can drill deep into system design or implementation
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related majors, or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in high-growth startup environments
• Experience managing remote software engineering teams is preferred
• Experience building AI-powered products (LLMs, voice, agentic workflows, retrieval, evaluation frameworks, or human-in-the-loop systems) is a strong plus
• Familiarity with responsible AI practices (safety, privacy, data governance, and model risk mitigation) is a plus

Responsibilities

• Grow and build a high-performing, diverse team through recruitment, hiring, onboarding, and training.
• Coach engineers on their day-to-day work and career aspirations, conduct regular 1:1s, and evaluate performance, setting actionable goals to push themselves, the team, and the company.
• Collaborate closely with Product to shape goals, milestones, requirements, and sequencing, bringing engineering teams into alignment.
• Provide strong technical leadership and set direction for our architecture and stack to ensure the team and systems perform well at scale.
• Be accountable for team plans, deliverables, and execution.
• Lead AI-native development practices: support rapid iteration with strong guardrails, enabling teams to ship, measure, and improve AI experiences continuously.
• Drive quality and reliability for AI experiences by promoting robust evaluation, testing, monitoring, and feedback loops across real-world usage.
• Foster a culture of empathy for users and hold a high bar for excellence to ensure teams deliver products that solve the most important problems and delight our users.
• Foster an inclusive environment with a high degree of trust and transparency among team members and leadership.
• Help team members build strong, meaningful relationships through virtual and in-person culture initiatives.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and full health benefits
• Stock Options at a well-funded, pre-IPO company on a fast growth track
• Flexible work schedules and work from anywhere at a fully remote company
• Unlimited PTO with two weeks designated as “quiet period” each year
• An experienced team that will fight beside you in the trenches to accomplish your goals

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager