Engineering Manager, Agentic Workflows
VerkadaPhysical Security company
San Mateo, United States$200,000 - $340,000 USDManager
First Round Capital
Sequoia Capital
Felicis Ventures
Lightspeed Venture Partners
Linse Capital
Alkeon Capital
Software Engineering
About the role
TL;DR
Manage a team building AI agents to enhance engineering velocity and developer experience.
- •We are looking for an Engineering Manager to lead a new team focused on building AI agents that improve engineering velocity, reliability, and developer experience across the company.
- •This team will operate with a 0→1 charter inside our Infrastructure / DevX organization, developing agentic systems that automate workflows such as CI failure triage, autonomous deployments, incident response, and proactive bug detection.
- •Key Responsibilities Make every engineer more productive by eliminating repetitive workflows through AI agents Define and own the agent roadmap: what to automate, in what order, and how to measure success Build and lead a small, high-impact team of engineers Contribute hands-on to prototyping, coding, and unblocking technical challenges Establish evaluation frameworks for agent performance Requirements 7+ years of software engineering experience, with 2+ years in engineering management Proven experience shipping production systems, including agentic or automation-heavy workflows Strong hands-on coding ability in Python, Go, or TypeScript Experience building systems that interact with APIs, tools, and external services Demonstrated ability to define metrics and evaluate system performance rigorously
Required skills
Engineering ManagementPythonGoTypeScript
Nice-to-have skills
LLMs
Domain expertise
developer-toolsai
Benefits & perks
Health insurance, Vision insurance, Dental insurance, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Account (FSA), Mental health support, Paid parental leave, Fertility benefits, Paid holidays, Flexible PTO, Personal sick time, Professional development stipend, Wellness/fitness benefits, Provided lunches, Commuter benefits
Tech stack
PythonGoTypeScriptLLMsGitLinux
