Engineering Manager, Generative AI

Overview

Join Deputy as an Engineering Manager, Generative AI. Reporting to the Director of Engineering, you will lead a team of engineers with varied experience, driving a high-performing engineering organization focused on Generative AI, autonomous agents, and scalable AI-powered features for the Deputy platform.

Deputy is a global SaaS remote-first workforce management company with hubs in Sydney, Melbourne, San Francisco and London, plus remote team members. We serve 1.5M+ workers and 375k+ workplaces in 100+ countries and are backed by global investors. We are growing and innovating in AI to transform frontline work.

Responsibilities

• Mentor, develop, and guide a team of software engineers to enable their best work.
• Lead the recruitment of engineers within the team to build a world-class, sustainable, diverse engineering organization.
• Own the Engineering Team Engagement score through an interactive, learning-oriented engineering community.
• Lead from a technical position, developing an intimate understanding of the architecture and contributing to the platform’s future direction; initial months may include individual contributor work.
• Co-create the technical vision, strategy, and roadmaps for your team with senior engineers, PMs, and product designers.
• Drive scalability, reliability, and architectural decisions; stay technical to provide meaningful guidance.
• Define and execute the long-term GenAI strategy, including agent-oriented architectures, prompt engineering, and responsible AI practices.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure, Platform Quality, Product, and Design to deliver high-quality AI-enabled features and autonomous agents for the Deputy platform.
• Drive high performance, provide coaching and feedback, and communicate the business vision and goals to the team.

Qualifications & Skills

Tech Lead & Leadership expectations

Employee Perks

Deputy is an equal opportunity employer. We value diversity and inclusive collaboration across our global team.

Location : Sydney, NSW, Australia (remote-friendly with onsite opportunities). This posting reflects current opportunities and responsibilities; postings may be updated as the business evolves.

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