Software Engineering Manager - Neural Interface ML Infra

Meta

$162K — $195K *
Consumer Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years managing software engineering teams with measurable outcomes
  • Technical background in AI/ML systems, distributed systems, or software tooling
  • Demonstrated ability to engage deeply in technical work
  • Proven experience in growing engineering talent
  • Skilled in communicating technical strategy and influencing stakeholders

Responsibilities

  • Build and retain an engineering team; provide mentoring and performance management
  • Lead architectural design reviews and technical trade-offs
  • Drive hardware-software co-design projects to completion
  • Manage project timelines and risk mitigation
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to represent engineering interests

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work at the forefront of AI and hardware integration
  • Access to a dynamic and innovative work environment
  • Hands-on involvement with cutting-edge technology
  • Professional development through coaching and mentorship
  • Possibility of contributing to impactful AI solutions for wearable technology
Full Job Description
Lead a team at the intersection of AI, distributed systems, and hardware architecture. The role drives ML model efficiency and scalability, infrastructure costs, and enables embedded AI capabilities. Directly supporting Meta's ability to train and serve AI models for wearable products.

Responsibilities

People Leadership: Build/retain an engineering team; provide coaching, mentorship, and performance management
• Technical Leadership: Engage in design reviews, architecture decisions, and technical trade-offs; define technical vision with Tech Leads
• Execution: Drive complex hardware-software co-design projects to completion; manage roadmaps, timelines, and risk mitigation
• Cross-Functional Partnership: Collaborate with AI Infra, Hardware Engineering, Product, and Research; represent the team to leadership

Minimum Qualifications
• 3+ years managing software engineering teams with a track record of delivering measurable outcomes
• Technical background in at least two of: AI/ML systems, distributed/HPC systems, software tooling and infrastructure or model optimization with GPUs/accelerators
• Demonstrated ability to engage deep in technical work and guide decisions
• Proven track record growing engineers
• Experience communicating technical strategy and influencing cross-functional stakeholders through written proposals and presentations

Preferred Qualifications
• M.S. or Ph.D. in CS, EE, or related field
• Prior Tech Lead, TLM, or IC experience before management
• Experience building teams in ambiguous, exploratory domains
• Track record of maintaining team engagement, retention, and consistent delivery outcomes
• Experience managing AI infrastructure and capacity including GPU/CPU used for training, benchmarking and inference
• Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools to optimize/redesign workflows and drive measurable impact (e.g., efficiency gains, quality improvements)
• Experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow, or equivalent AI frameworks
• Familiarity with AI compilers, high-performance kernel development, or hardware enablement
• Demonstrated ongoing AI skill development (e.g., prompt/context engineering, agent orchestration) and staying current with emerging AI technologies
• Background in performance optimization/profiling
• Experience adhering to and implementing responsible, ethical AI practices (e.g., risk assessment, bias mitigation, quality and accuracy reviews)

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