Engineering Manager, Platform

1 week ago


Menlo Park, California, United States Character Full time
About the role

We are building the future of open-ended interactions between people and intelligent dialog agents. This requires building and managing software infrastructure that can not only support the millions of active daily users on our site today but handle the product's reliability, scalability, and performance as we grow our user base to humanity scale.

We're looking for a Senior Manager who is genuinely excited about this future and can lead a team of talented engineers making significant contributions to our product backend and infrastructure. If you are a seasoned hands-on leader with a deep passion for building highly distributed systems, and you thrive in a fast-paced, agile environment, we encourage you to apply for this exciting opportunity.

What you'll do
  • Be both a highly technical and incredibly effective people manager for the team's building the software infrastructure that supports Character.AI's web and mobile products
  • Drive roadmap creation and execution and participate in technical design discussions
  • Partner with leadership to influence and drive org design, contribution and prioritization
Requirements
  • 5+ years of experience managing high performing and highly technical teams building scalable distributed systems
  • Demonstrated experience recruiting and managing technical teams including: performance management, upleveling individuals & teams, and building and/or fostering team culture
  • Experience working in a consumer company either as an IC or manager
About Character.AI

Founded in 2021 by AI pioneers Noam Shazeer and Daniel De Freitas, Character is a leading AI company offering personalized experiences through customizable AI 'Characters.' As one of the most widely used AI platforms worldwide, Character enables users to interact with AI tailored to their unique needs and preferences.

Noam co-invented core LLM tech and was recently honored as one of TIME's 100 Most Influential in AI. Daniel created LaMDA, the breakthrough conversational AI now powering Google's Bard.

In just two years, we achieved unicorn status and were named Google Play's AI App of the Year - a testament to our groundbreaking technology and vision.

Ready to shape the future of AGI?

At Character, we value diversity and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. As an equal opportunity employer, we firmly uphold a non-discrimination policy based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability. Your unique perspectives are vital to our success.

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