Join Smartcat as an Engineering Manager in AI/ML

Founded in 2016, Smartcat aims to help global enterprises create and manage their multilingual content. Today, we are the essential language AI platform for global enterprises.

Our client-tailored language AI transforms content in any format into any language, from documents to videos and complex websites, streamlining global operations for corporate teams. Our platform also enables the creation of new content using a multilingual enterprise library.

More than 1,000 global companies, including 25% of the Fortune 500, trust Smartcat to communicate their innovations and ideas worldwide. Our vision is to realize a world with equal access to innovations and ideas.

Smartcat is supported by Matrix Partners, FJ Labs, and other leading VC firms focused on SaaS, marketplaces, and AI. Among their portfolios, you may recognize brands like HubSpot, Zendesk, Uber, Stripe, RigUp, and Quora. Despite economic challenges, we are growing at 150% YoY. We are well-funded and capital-efficient, offering a unique mix of hyper-growth and long-term planning.

Mission

We are seeking an experienced Engineering Manager in AI/ML to join our team. Reporting directly to the Director of Engineering, you will lead a talented team of up to 10 software developers, focusing on one of the essential products in our highly successful lineup. This role offers high autonomy and responsibility, positioning you effectively as a 'mini-CTO' for your product. You will have full responsibility for all technical aspects of the product, including team management, talent acquisition, team development, and promotions.

Outcomes

• Manage a team of ML and Backend Engineers (3+ Engineers in the Team)
• Lead daily calls, sprint planning, and reviews, regular 1-1s to enhance team development
• Collaborate with the Product Manager to plan team tasks and ensure timely delivery of ML solutions into production
• Regularly research new AI/ML technologies
• Build production-scale services, MVPs, and quick prototypes
• Communicate with third-party service providers

Requirements

• Mastery in Python, data analysis libraries, and ML frameworks (pandas, numpy, PyTorch, transformers, etc.)
• Expert knowledge of ML system design and architecture for scalable solutions
• Extensive background in Math, Statistics, Classical ML, Deep Learning, and NLP
• Proven experience with MLOps, deploying, and scaling ML models in production
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration tools (Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience fine-tuning and self-hosting open-source LLM models for various tasks (like LLaMA, Mistral, etc.)
• Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS EC2, Sagemaker, S3)
• Experience with building solutions based on OpenAI, Claude, Gemini, and other proprietary and open-source LLMs
• Advanced English, both written and spoken
• Experience in leadership positions

Personal Traits

• Excellent communication and leadership skills
• Strategic and innovative thinking
• Readiness to work in a highly intense startup environment requiring extreme focus, a strong sense of ownership, and persistence to breakthrough
• A data-driven approach with the ability to justify decisions using concrete metrics

Additional Advantages

• Backend development background (Python and/or .NET Core)
• Experience with MongoDB and vector databases
• Experience with Speech and Image processing

Why Join Smartcat?

Fully Remote Team

We are a global team of 200+ enthusiastic people spread across 30 countries. We have been fully remote since 2020, with locations such as Boston, NYC, SF, the Bay Area, London, Lisbon, and Yerevan being popular among our team members.

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