Engineering Manager, GenAI

Position Overview The Engineering Manager / Associate Director leads a small team of software engineers responsible for designing and delivering the data pipelines, retrieval systems, and knowledge integrations that power a generative AI platform. This role combines technical leadership with people management, setting architectural direction, removing blockers, and ensuring the team delivers high‑quality, scalable solutions. The role balances hands‑on technical involvement with strategic planning, stakeholder communication, and team development. Key Responsibilities Directly manage team(s) focused on delivering high‑quality project results within one or more major technology disciplines. Plan and prioritize team workload, balancing feature delivery, technical debt, and operational responsibilities. Set the technical vision and architectural direction for knowledge framework integrations, including data ingestion, embedding pipelines, and retrieval systems. Make key design decisions on pipeline architecture, data modeling, and search strategies. Evaluate and recommend technologies, frameworks, and approaches for knowledge integration challenges. Maintain hands‑on involvement to provide credible technical guidance and unblock the team on complex problems. Demonstrate solid understanding of systems and processes within the domain and recommend improvements. Manage, mentor, and develop a small team of software engineers, fostering a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Conduct regular one‑on‑ones, provide constructive feedback, and support career growth for direct reports. Recruit, onboard, and ramp new team members as the team scales. Establish and enforce engineering standards for code quality, testing, documentation, and peer review across the team. Guide the team in best practices for data pipeline development, retrieval system design, and test automation. Ensure comprehensive test coverage, drive adoption of TDD practices and automated quality gates. Own the team’s roadmap and delivery commitments, translating business requirements into actionable technical plans. Break down complex integration initiatives into well‑scoped work items with clear acceptance criteria. Track progress, identify risks early, and adjust plans to meet deadlines without sacrificing quality. Provide regular status updates and delivery forecasts to leadership. Partner with product, platform engineering, and agent development teams to align knowledge integration priorities with broader platform goals. Communicate complex or technical information at the appropriate level for diverse audiences. Represent the team in cross‑functional planning sessions, architecture reviews, and prioritization discussions. Build strong working relationships across the organization to facilitate collaboration and shared accountability. Stay informed of advances in RAG architectures, embedding models, retrieval optimization, and knowledge management approaches. Evaluate emerging technologies and techniques for applicability to the team’s work, making build‑vs‑buy recommendations. Drive innovation within the team by creating space for experimentation and proof‑of‑concept work. Ensure all team deliverables meet or exceed organizational standards for secure development practices. Oversee secure handling of sensitive domain data throughout the ingestion and retrieval lifecycle. Assist with adherence to technology policies and ensure the team complies with all security controls. Participate in threat modeling and security discussions for data pipeline and infrastructure components. Qualifications Education/Experience Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Systems or related discipline with at least five (5) years of related experience, or equivalent training and/or work experience. Master’s degree and past Financial Services industry experience preferred. Minimum of three (3) years of managing technical programs and/or processes including staff management of at least four (4) resources and a budget of at least $1 million annually. Knowledge of business, technology and management principles involved in strategic planning, organizational change management, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, and coordination of people and resources. Direct project experience in strategy, software development, operations, engineering, development services, information security, and/or compliance. Extensive knowledge of industry leading technology best practices including familiarity with ISO-9000, ITIL, Agile and iterative methodologies. Excellent written and verbal technical communication skills. Demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships and leverage those relationships to improve the quality of work products. Ability to identify, evaluate and recommend processes, tools, technologies and/or products to meet business and budgetary requirements. Organized, thorough, and able to handle competing priorities. Ability to maintain focus and develop proficiency in new skills rapidly. Ability to work in a fast‑paced environment. Work Conditions Hybrid work environment with defined in‑person presence requirements. Occasional travel and extended hours may be required. Compensation Salary ranges are stated by location and vary based on experience, education, and market conditions (e.g., CO/FL/TX: $114,200 – $207,200). Benefits Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance. Life, accidental death and dismemberment, supplemental life and disability coverage. 401(k) plan with company match and eligibility for additional FINRA‑funded retirement contribution. Tuition reimbursement, commuter benefits and adoption assistance. Paid time off, personal days, sick days, holidays and volunteer service days. Military leave, jury duty leave, bereavement leave, voting and election official leave, family care leave and parental leave (subject to eligibility). Equal Opportunity Employer FINRA is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, national origin, ethnicity, religion, disability, genetic information, military or veteran status, sex, or any other protected category. #J-18808-Ljbffr Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.