Tech Lead/Engineering Manager (EM)
About this role
We are looking for an Engineering Manager with 6+ years of product-focused engineering experience to lead and grow the engineering team at David AI. You'll partner closely with the CTO to drive technical direction, ship core products powering our audio data research platform, and build a high-performing team at one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies.
What will you be doing?
Hire, structure, and mentor the engineering team while setting and upholding high performance standards
Scope and ship new products enabling researchers to leverage high-quality audio data and develop novel insights
Build scalable data processing pipelines that extract actionable insights from terabytes of audio data daily
Architect systems to 100× capacity for collecting, curating, and delivering data to leading speech model teams
Partner with the CTO to drive technical direction and execute against an ambitious product roadmap
Key Requirements
6+ years of product-focused engineering experience with strong web development fundamentals
Experience leading technical teams through rapid growth phases at high-growth startups or scale-ups
Track record of shipping products from zero-to-one and scaling them in fast-paced environments
Comfort solving ambiguous, unsolved problems with tangible customer impact
Bias towards action with detail-oriented execution; former founders or 2+ years of EM experience a plus
Company at a glance
David AI is an audio data research company founded in 2024 by former Scale AI engineers that provides critical infrastructure for AI development, serving most FAANG companies and leading AI labs with over $50M in Series B funding.
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
Team is sharp, humble, ambitious, and tight-knit
Lean team that met while working at Scale AI
Obsess over execution
Bring an R&D approach to work with same rigor as AI labs
Looking for the best research, engineering, product, and operations minds
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