Engineering Manager (AI Products)

Role Details

• Location: This role is based 3 days per week out of our San Francisco, HQ and is not eligible for full-time remote work. 
• Compensation: The annual cash compensation range for this position is $242,000–$262,000 in addition to equity & benefits.

About Gem

• Forbes America's Best Startup Employers 2026
• Great Place to Work Certified, 2024
• Fortune Best Workplaces for Millennials, 2023

The Team and Role

• Gem engineers and engineering managers work closely with product managers and designers on product direction and roadmap.
• We stay close to customers by joining customer calls, and reading customer feedback.
• We enjoy shipping features, moving fast, and being scrappy.
• We are receptive to feedback and continuously work on improving both our product and our craft.
• We work out of our San Francisco office.
• Read more about our company values.

What You’ll Do Day-to-Day

• Lead, mentor and grow a team of fullstack and AI engineers building AI-powered product experiences
• Set direction and guide technical strategy.
• Partner with Product and Design to define the AI roadmap and experimentation strategy
• Own AI quality end-to-end 
• Balance rapid experimentation with production-grade reliability
• Embody Gem’s company values of ownership, velocity, customer centricity, diversity and transparency.
• Engage with customers to understand how AI performance translates to business impact

About You

• You have hired and managed exceptional engineering teams
• You have at least 5+ years of industry experience as a software engineer
• You have experience leading AI-powered product initiatives from prototype to production
• You care deeply about quality and understand how to build effective evaluation frameworks
• You are comfortable operating in ambiguity and bringing structure to complex technical problems
• You collaborate effectively with product managers and designers to shape roadmap and technical direction
• You demonstrate strong ownership and accountability for outcomes