Engineering Manager, Platform

Engineering Manager

At Coram AI, we're reimagining video security for the modern world. Our cloud-native platform uses computer vision and AI to help businesses stay safe, make smarter decisions, and move faster; from real-time alerts to seamless clip sharing and multi-site visibility.

You'll be joining a small, fast-moving team that values clarity, craftsmanship, and impact. Every person here has a voice, ships meaningful work, and helps shape how AI can make the world safer and more connected.

We are looking for a technically strong Engineering Manager to lead our Platform team. This team builds the core real-time infrastructure that powers distributed edge systems running under strict latency, memory, and reliability constraints.

This is a hands-on leadership role. You will manage deeply technical engineers working on low-level systems, high-performance networking, concurrency, and edge compute. You do not need to be a robotics expert. You do need strong experience with real-time or low-latency systems and the ability to go deep when required.

What You'll Do

Define the technical roadmap for the Platform team in partnership with product and leadership

Lead architecture design for distributed edge systems operating under tight latency and memory constraints

Manage and prioritize multiple parallel projects while handling production issues and shifting customer needs

Conduct detailed design and code reviews to ensure high system reliability and performance

Dive into C++ or low-level system code when necessary to unblock critical issues

Oversee development of IPC, messaging, and real-time data pipelines

Build strong engineering processes around observability, testing, and production stability

Hire, mentor, and grow a high-performance team of systems engineers

Foster a culture of ownership, technical rigor, and execution discipline

What We're Looking For

Several years of experience managing engineers working on complex systems

Strong computer science fundamentals, including algorithms, data structures, operating systems, and networking

Background as a strong individual contributor earlier in your career

Deep experience building or leading real-time or low-latency distributed systems

Comfortable reading and writing production C++ code; ability to go low-level when required

Experience working close to firmware or embedded systems is highly valued

Rust experience is a strong plus

Strong architectural judgment and the ability to review complex system designs

Proven ability to balance delivery speed with long-term system quality

Bonus Points

Experience with real-time Linux or kernel-level tuning

Experience designing pub/sub or distributed messaging systems

Experience building systems for constrained edge hardware

Experience working on GPU-enabled edge platforms

We're on a mission to transform a $50B+ legacy industry by bringing the power of cutting-edge multimodal LLMs and computer vision to real-world security and operations. From firearm detection to intelligent access control, our AI-native platform turns every camera and sensor into a smart system that enhances safety, efficiency, and awareness.

Founded by Ashesh Jain (ex-Lyft Level 5, PhD Cornell) and Peter Ondruska (ex-Lyft, PhD Oxford), Coram AI is backed by Battery Ventures, Mosaic, and 8VC, have raised over $30M, and were named to the CB Insights AI 100 as one of the most promising AI companies in the world. If you're excited to work on mission-critical AI that makes an impact in the real world, we'd love to meet you.