Optro - Engineering Manager, AI Applications
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Requirements
• Engineering Leadership • 5+ years of engineering experience, with 2+ years in an engineering management role leading teams building and shipping production AI or software systems. • Demonstrated ability to be a technical mentor and engineering role model, someone engineers look to for guidance on architecture, code quality, and engineering culture. • Strong proficiency with Python and modern server-side development; comfort with TypeScript/Node.js is a plus. • Experience with AWS (preferred) or Azure cloud environments and modern deployment practices. • Track record of partnering with Product teams to drive delivery velocity and quality. • Applied AI & agent frameworks • Solid understanding of modern agent frameworks and how to apply them to build reliable, production-grade AI workflows (e.g., LangGraph, LangChain, or comparable tooling). • Experience deploying agents in production including observability, tracing, failure handling, and performance considerations. • Familiarity with vector databases, semantic search, or RAG-adjacent technologies at the application integration level. • Familiarity with the Model Context Protocol (MCP) and experience building or consuming tool-based AI integrations. • Bonus • Experience building or maintaining AI-assisted chat or conversational interfaces. • Experience with modern JavaScript frameworks (Ember preferred; Vue, React, or Angular also valued) for front-end collaboration. • Understanding of ethical AI principles and responsible AI development practices. • Experience working in a highly regulated, ARC (Audit, Risk, and Compliance) environment. • Preferred • Managed remote or distributed engineering teams. • Experience in an agile development environment and with modern project management tooling. • Comfort operating in a fast-moving environment where the AI tooling landscape evolves rapidly. • perks may vary based on eligibility/location • Our Company Values • Our Company Values • Customer obsession: It starts and ends here. Consistently ask yourself how what you’re doing creates value for our customers. It’s a mindset. • Gritty resilience: Make it happen. Find a way. Move fast, stay positive, and do what it takes. • Drive innovation: Create the future. Continuously improve what exists and invent what’s next. • Win, together: One team. No silos, no egos. Drive to be the best and support each other’s success. • Growth mindset: 10x, not 10%. Think in orders of magnitude, not increments. Seek feedback, learn, and improve. • Please note that background checks are required. Qualified Applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for Employment in accordance with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers and the California Fair Chance Act. This role may have access to highly sensitive data, including employee data, customer data, company financials, and proprietary product information.We love building strong partnerships, but please note that Optro cannot accept unsolicited resumes from agencies. Any submissions without a signed agreement in place will not create a fee obligation. • #LI-Remote
Responsibilities
• Your relevant skills, experience, and certifications • Where you are physically located (based on our regional tier system) • Note on Internal Ranges: While the range above reflects our current budget for this hire, Optro maintains broader internal salary grades to allow for future career growth and merit-based increases within the role over time. • Upload your resume here to autofill key application fields. • Drop your resume here! • Parsing your resume. Autofilling key fields... • Please note that we have set up application limits. The following applies to all roles at AuditBoard: • Candidates may not apply for more than 3 jobs in a 90-day period. • Candidates may not re-apply for the same job within 6 months. • Please submit your file in PDF format only. • or drag and drop here • City, State/Province, Country • Optionally, add a cover letter or any additional information you'd like to share. • I prefer not to answer • Another Gender Identity • Asian or Asian American • Black or African American • Hispanic or Latino/a • Indigenous or Native American • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander • Person with disability • None of the above • Decline to self-identify • Hispanic or Latino - A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race. • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. • White • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian Subcontinent, including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. • Asian • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment. • American Indian or Alaska Native • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) - All persons who identify with more than one of the above five races. • Two or More Races • Hispanic or Latino • White (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Black or African American (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Asian (Not Hispanic or Latino) • American Indian or Alaska Native (Not Hispanic or Latino) • Two or More Races (Not Hispanic or Latino) • I identify as one or more of the classifications of protected veteran listed above • I am not a protected veteran
Benefits
• $200K – $270K • Offers Bonus • 15% Annual Target Bonus • At Optro, we provide a fair and competitive salary based on a variety of factors, including: • We're looking for a highly motivated Engineering Manager to lead our AI Applications team engineers embedded across Optro's product organization to accelerate delivery of AI-powered features. This is a unique opportunity to drive large, strategic, and complex projects that shape the future of Optro's AI capabilities, combining strong engineering leadership with a passion for applied AI. • Our AI Applications team owns the integration layer between our AI Platform and the product org: partnering with product squads, owning our internal AI chat assistant, and leading the development of MCP-based tooling and agent-driven workflows. You'll be a force multiplier, enabling product teams to move faster and smarter with AI, while mentoring and growing a high-performing team deeply committed to our customers and to continuous learning.
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