AI Engineering Manager

This range is provided by Primis. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$245,000.00/yr - $275,000.00/yr

AI Engineering Team Lead

Hybrid

Our client, a Series A startup in the therapeutic development space, is building the AI workbench for the entire drug development lifecycle. Their platform streamlines regulatory workflows end-to-end by intelligently and creatively infusing every step with AI, helping bring new treatments to patients faster and more safely.

They’re looking for an AI Engineering Manager to manage and scale a growing team of AI Engineers. This person will drive architectural direction and roadmap execution while staying hands‑on and deeply technical.

What you’ll do:

• Lead and grow a team of 3+ AI Engineers
• Set and maintain high engineering and quality standards
• Oversee AI architecture and long‑term technical initiatives
• Hire, mentor, and develop engineers
• Partner cross‑functionally with Product and Leadership
• Stay hands‑on through code reviews, bug fixes, and technical discussions

Ideal background:

• Early‑stage startup experience (<50 people)
• Strong background building production software with LLMs in the loop
• Track record designing and implementing scalable AI systems
• Experience managing and mentoring technical teams
• Data‑first mindset; experience in regulated domains is a plus

$245k-275k + Equity

Research indicates that men will apply to a role when they only meet 50-60% of the descriptions, however, when looking at women and other minority groups, they can look for up to a 99% match in order to apply to a role. If you feel you are a fit for our role, please still apply, don’t worry if you don’t tick every single box. We’d still love to hear from you. We encourage underrepresented talent to apply to all our roles & support accessibility needs.

Seniority level

• Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Staffing and Recruiting