Engineering Manager, Generative AI

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.

• 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.

• 4+ years of software engineering management experience, with a track record of building productive, high-functioning teams.
• 10+ years in software development, including leadership roles, with a focus on AI/ML systems.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to articulate complex GenAI concepts to technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in a fast-growing scale-up environment; bonus for multi-tenant SaaS experience.
• Growth mindset, ambition, and high agency; comfortable navigating rapid change and complex challenges.
• Deep SaaS experience across domains with understanding of how AI agents solve business problems.
• Proven ability to introduce new technologies and govern GenAI practices; strong architectural and strategic vision.
• Experience building GenAI, LLMs, and agent-based systems; prompt engineering and agent orchestration familiarity.
• Proficiency with Python; familiarity with Go, PHP, Terraform; frontend (JavaScript/TypeScript, VueJS) and mobile (Swift, Kotlin) knowledge is a plus.
• Experience with AWS Bedrock or similar foundation models and cloud architectures; strong focus on data privacy and security.

• Understand and own technical decisions; write code as needed in early stages and mentor others.
• Define architectural standards, drive best practices, and ensure high-quality engineering outcomes.
• Remove single points of failure through cross-skilling and strategic resourcing.
• Align technical roadmaps with company goals and 2-3 OKRs for your portfolio.

• Flexible remote-first policy with a work-from-home stipend.
• Employee Share Ownership Plan (ESOP).
• Paid parental leave and group salary continuance insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program and additional leave options for study, celebrations, and volunteering.
• Global working groups, annual Hackathons, mobility perks, and more.

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.