Software Engineering Manager, AI Observability & Evals Platform (New York, NY)
$200k - $250k • New York, NY • FullTime
Posted 3mo ago
Job Location
New York, NY
Tech Stack
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
AI Infrastructure Engineer
About the job
LangChain is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the team responsible for building LangSmith, our observability and evaluation platform for LLM applications. This role involves defining the technical direction, nurturing a talented engineering team, and collaborating with product and design to deliver features that empower developers to build and deploy trustworthy AI systems. You will play a key part in shaping the future of AI observability at scale, contributing to a company that has raised $125M and is experiencing rapid growth.
Responsibilities
- Build, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of engineers, fostering collaboration, ownership, and accountability.
- Strengthen engineering culture through mentorship, high-quality code, and technical excellence.
- Shape long-term technical direction and ensure scalability and reliability of the AI Observability Platform.
- Partner with product and design teams to define scope, sequence, and success criteria for key initiatives.
- Maintain a high bar for technical excellence while ensuring the team moves with urgency and focus.
- Lead by example in writing clean, maintainable, and well-tested code in Go/Python and Typescript.
- Engage directly with customers to understand their needs and translate them into actionable product improvements.
Requirements
- Experience managing or tech-leading teams delivering complex full-stack products.
- Strong technical background in Go/Python and React/Typescript.
- Solid understanding of databases (Postgres, Redis and ClickHouse).
- Proven ability to design high throughput data-intensive systems.
- Bias towards shipping quickly and learning from customers.
- Strong communication skills—able to collaborate with internal stakeholders and engage directly with customers.
- Experience building AI/LLM-powered applications, developer tools, or observability platforms (bonus).
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Flexible vacation
- 401(k) plan
- Meals on in-office days in the US
- Meaningful equity
- Variable compensation