Senior Engineering Manager – Search & Machine Learning
About The Role
We are seeking a Senior Engineering Manager to lead our Search and Machine Learning team, driving innovation in how users discover and access critical services. In this role, you will guide a team of engineers and data scientists to deliver scalable, intelligent solutions that improve relevance, personalization, and efficiency in a high-impact domain. Your leadership will shape both the technical strategy and the culture of the team, ensuring a balance between rapid delivery, long-term investment, and engineering excellence.
Why This Role Matters
Search and discovery are at the heart of any digital marketplace. By advancing our ML-driven search systems, you will help millions of people find what they need faster and more effectively. Beyond technology, you’ll influence product direction, mentor teams, and build a collaborative environment where engineers can thrive. This is an opportunity to combine technical depth with strategic vision and deliver solutions that make a tangible impact on users’ lives.
What You’ll Do
• Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team of Machine Learning Engineers and Data Scientists, fostering growth, accountability, and innovation.
• Define technical strategy and partner closely with product leaders to translate business goals into scalable engineering solutions.
• Oversee the delivery of high-performance search and recommendation features that improve relevance, speed, and reliability for end users.
• Guide architectural decisions with an emphasis on security, scalability, uptime, and future readiness.
• Drive adoption of best practices in ML, software development, and DevOps, ensuring systems evolve with changing business and user needs.
• Influence engineering culture by shaping career development frameworks, mentoring programs, and cross-team initiatives that promote inclusivity and collaboration.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across engineering, product, and design to balance experimentation with execution, and ensure alignment on priorities.
• Leverage GenAI and emerging technologies to push the boundaries of what is possible in real-time search and discovery experiences.
What You Bring
• Proven experience leading engineering teams focused on consumer-facing products, with a strong emphasis on search, data, and ML-driven applications.
• Hands-on background in delivering large-scale software systems or data infrastructure, either as an individual contributor or manager.
• Deep understanding of software development methodologies, including those tailored for Machine Learning and Data Science initiatives.
• Track record of shipping impactful features to external customers in high-scale environments.
• Experience with cloud-native architectures and microservices, particularly in AWS or other large-scale environments.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to build consensus across technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Entrepreneurial mindset, bias toward action, and ability to navigate ambiguity.
• Commitment to fostering diverse and inclusive teams, with a leadership style rooted in empathy and respect.
Benefits & Perks
• Flexible hybrid work model with a centrally located office hub.
• Unlimited paid time off with a focus on work-life balance.
• Comprehensive health benefits, including fully covered options for medical, dental, and vision.
• 401(k) with company match.
• Wellness programs, including fitness and mindfulness partnerships.
• Sabbatical opportunities for long-tenured employees.
• Paid parental leave and fertility/family planning support.
• Catered meals, stocked kitchens, and commuter benefits.
• Employee-led resource groups and clubs to foster community and belonging.
Compensation
We are committed to equitable compensation practices. The base salary range for this position is $230,000 – $345,000 USD, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications. Additional variable pay and equity opportunities may be included as part of the total compensation package.
This is a chance to lead a team at the intersection of machine learning and large-scale consumer platforms—delivering innovation that directly improves user experiences while shaping the future of search and discovery technology.
About Andiamo
Talent Partners for the AI Revolution. As a globally recognized staffing and consulting firm, we specialize in placing the top 2% of technology and go-to-market professionals with the world’s largest and most well-known companies.
For over 20 years, we've maintained the status of tier-one vendor for firms such as Palantir, Amazon, Fluidstack, Bloomberg, Relativity Space, Firefly, MasterCard, Visa, Two Sigma, Citadel, as well as other major financial services firms, elite hedge funds, Google-backed tech start-ups, and major software firms.
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