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Vultron

Engineering Manager

Vultron, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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Engineering ManagerWhy Vultron Vultron is bringing general intelligence to government contracting. As an early team member, you'll help build a transformative company from the ground up.

Maximise your chances of a successful application to this job by ensuring your CV and skills are a good match. Exceptional Market Demand:

We've secured significant contracts with government and defense contractors worldwide.

World-Class Team:

Our team includes veterans from Anduril, Robinhood, Google, Amazon, and DoD. The founding team has early-stage experience at $1B+ defense startups.

Competitive Compensation:

Industry-leading salary and equity packages.

The Challenge We're harnessing the transformative power of Generative AI to revolutionize government operations. We're breaking away from outdated methods to dramatically improve efficiency, security, and innovation across government initiatives. This is your chance to: Define how cutting-edge AI integrates directly into workflows—not as an afterthought

Lead a high-velocity engineering team at a critical inflection point

Ship generational software in an industry ready for transformation

What You'll Own

Technology Strategy & Execution Own architecture across backend, frontend, infrastructure, and AI systems

Define and deliver scalable, secure, performant foundations for 10x growth

Make critical technical decisions with clear tradeoff analysis

AI Productization Transform our vertical AI vision into intuitive, high-impact user experiences

Operationalize LLMs and data pipelines for speed, accuracy, and insight

Translate research capabilities into differentiated product features that feel magical and durable

Team Leadership & Culture Build, lead, and retain high-caliber engineers who love their work

Coach and mentor engineers at all levels while modeling technical excellence

Cultivate a strong engineering culture focused on speed, impact, and continuous learning

Delivery & Quality Establish pragmatic development workflows, CI/CD pipelines, and observability tools

Ship quickly without compromising long-term maintainability or user trust

Maintain high standards for system reliability, usability, and performance

What Great Looks Like

Relentless Execution & Ownership: You own initiatives end-to-end with urgency and clarity. You drive momentum through ambiguity, aligning cross-functional teams and unblocking progress while managing scope to ship fast and build for the future.

Deep Product-Engineering Partnership: You collaborate closely with Product and Design teams to shape what gets built, not just how. You think in use cases and outcomes, balancing user delight with technical feasibility.

Quality Without Drag: You champion clean architecture and scalable systems without over-engineering. You enable rapid iteration through smart tooling, making codebases team-friendly and resilient.

Scalable System Design: You design systems that work today and scale for tomorrow. You make principled architectural decisions with clear understanding of tradeoffs and risks.

AI/ML Technical Fluency: You understand the practical realities of latency, tuning, inference costs, and AI UX. You collaborate effectively with ML teams to deliver AI features that drive real value.

What You Bring

3-5+ years as an engineering manager with full-stack responsibility

Track record delivering user-facing products (AI/ML experience is a plus)

Experience leading and growing high-performing engineering teams

Strong technical judgment and project management skills

Proven ability to balance technical excellence with shipping velocity

Nice-to-Have Hands-on experience with LLM integration or model lifecycle management

Familiarity with modern observability, DevOps, and secure infrastructure

Experience working with customers, sales, or support teams

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