Engineering Manager, Machine Learning

Summary

Join WellSaid Labs as an Engineering Manager of Machine Learning! Lead and build a high-performing machine learning team, collaborating with stakeholders to define and deliver the ML roadmap. You will provide technical guidance, champion best practices, and manage team resources effectively. This role requires extensive experience leading engineering teams and proficiency in software development. WellSaid offers a competitive salary, full benefits, flexible schedules, and a supportive work environment. The ideal candidate will have experience with deep learning models and cloud platforms. Apply today!

Requirements

• Be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
• Pass a pre-employment background check

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a high-performing and collaborative machine learning team, fostering an environment of innovation, growth, and accountability
• Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders to define, prioritize, and deliver the ML roadmap, aligning it with business goals and technical feasibility
• Ensure that complex projects are effectively scoped, planned, executed, and delivered on time while meeting cross-team quality standards
• Oversee multiple concurrent machine learning projects simultaneously, facilitating planning, and generally ensuring that deliverables are met on time
• Own and run team standups, sprint planning, and other delivery ceremonies
• Work one-on-one with team members to meet their needs, providing regular and constructive feedback. You’ll show concern and success for the well-being of others and do what you can to support people
• Conduct design, code and pull request reviews with the team
• Champion best practices in machine learning and software engineering including testing, documentation, readability, defensibility, etc
• Manage team resources effectively by prioritizing projects based on impact while balancing budget constraints for infrastructure (e.g., compute resources) or tooling needs
• Foster customer empathy within the team by introducing real-world use cases, facilitating discussions on customer pain points, reviewing feedback loops, and ensuring alignment with user needs
• All together you’ll foster an inclusive team culture and working environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge in building deep learning models in PyTorch
• 5+ years of experience managing a software engineering team and a proven track record
• 2+ years of experience using Cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, etc)
• Background in Machine learning frameworks (such as PyTorch), and data processing tools (Spark, Pandas, etc.)
• Experience in text-to-speech, speech-to-text, audio libraries, or cloud storage
• You are proficient in software development practices, including specing, documenting, testing, reviewing, deploying, and monitoring, and are passionate about writing clean, defensible code
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams, including software engineers, data engineers, product managers, execs, and other stakeholders
• You are flexible and capable of working with a diverse team with various communication styles and needs. You are empathic and supportive
• You create equitable processes across the entire employee lifecycle. You are particularly mindful of addressing the needs of marginalized people

Benefits

• Competitive salary and stock options
• Full medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Matching 401(k) plan
• Generous vacation policy/paid time off
• Parental leave
• Learning & development stipend
• Home office stipend
• Flexible schedules - work where and when you work best