Software Engineer Manager (Remote)
About The Position
As an AI Engineering Manager at PolicyMe, you will be responsible for leading and scaling a high-performance team developing an AI-powered product suite that modernizes the insurance experience. Leveraging cutting-edge AI/ML technologies, your team will build groundbreaking intelligent applications to drive PolicyMe's mission of becoming one of the biggest insurance brands in Canada. You'll bring your leadership experience and deep expertise in AI engineering to guide the team in architecting scalable, secure AI systems. Under your direction, the team will employ AI capabilities like natural language processing, computer vision, and recommendation engines to create innovative products that streamline operations and deliver data-driven insights. You’ll use your leadership and technical experience to guide the team in making strategic decisions, optimizing AI development processes, and maintaining rigorous practices for deploying AI responsibly and at scale.
Requirements
- 7+ years in software development, with 2+ years managing engineering teams
- Strong technical leadership building and operating production AI systems at scale
- Proven expertise in AI/ML disciplines like NLP, computer vision, recommendation systems
- Strong technical background in web development, ideally in a full-stack environment with expertise in React, Python, and Node.js
- Experience with cloud architecture, DevOps, data/ML pipelines and infrastructure
- Exceptional people management skills to motivate, mentor and grow high-performers
- Excellent communicator able to simplify technical AI/ML concepts for cross-functional teams
- Proven ability to lead teams in an agile, fast-paced environment, with a strong focus on collaboration and stakeholder management
- A track record of delivering complex projects with a focus on scalability, reliability, and security
Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a team of fullstack/AI engineers, provide mentorship, performance feedback and enable career growth for the team
- Oversee technical design, development and deployment of fullstack web applications backed by AI technology
- Collaborate with product, design, and QA teams to ensure seamless execution and delivery of cross-functional projects.
- Drive architecture decisions for scalable, reliable, secure cloud-based AI platforms that align with business objectives
- Foster an innovative environment for exploring state-of-the-art AI techniques
- Lead technical decision-making ensuring alignment with product/company objectives
- Promote continuous learning and uplift team's expertise in emerging AI technologies
Benefits
- Generous PTO - 20 vacation days
- Access to stock options and a comprehensive benefits plan
- A remote-first team with company paid, in-person socials and the option to work from our Toronto-based office
- Resources to help your professional development, including an L&D budget, performance reviews twice a year and ongoing feedback to ensure you reach your highest potential
- Work with an empathetic, high-performing team in a flexible, results-oriented environment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
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