Engineering Manager (AI Products)
Engineering Manager (AI Products)
Role Details
- Location: This role is based 3 days per week out of our San Francisco, HQ and is not eligible for full-time remote work.
- Compensation: The annual cash compensation range for this position is $242,000–$262,000 in addition to equity & benefits.
About Gem
- Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2026
- Great Place to Work Certified, 2024
- Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023
The Team and Role
- Gem engineers and engineering managers work closely with product managers and designers on product direction and roadmap.
- We stay close to customers by joining customer calls, and reading customer feedback.
- We enjoy shipping features, moving fast, and being scrappy.
- We are receptive to feedback and continuously work on improving both our product and our craft.
- We work out of our San Francisco office.
- Read more about our company values.
What You’ll Do Day-to-Day
- Lead, mentor and grow a team of fullstack and AI engineers building AI-powered product experiences
- Set direction and guide technical strategy.
- Partner with Product and Design to define the AI roadmap and experimentation strategy
- Own AI quality end-to-end
- Balance rapid experimentation with production-grade reliability
- Embody Gem’s company values of ownership, velocity, customer centricity, diversity and transparency.
- Engage with customers to understand how AI performance translates to business impact
About You
- You have hired and managed exceptional engineering teams
- You have at least 5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer
- You have experience leading AI-powered product initiatives from prototype to production
- You care deeply about quality and understand how to build effective evaluation frameworks
- You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and bringing structure to complex technical problems
- You collaborate effectively with product managers and designers to shape roadmap and technical direction
- You demonstrate strong ownership and accountability for outcomes