Engineering Manager, Agentic Products (Remote US)

Legion Intelligence is a company focused on delivering secure and reliable AI systems. They are seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team of engineers in building customer-ready AI applications, driving execution, and ensuring high-quality delivery of solutions that address customer needs.

Responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers building AI solutions
• Drive planning, execution, and delivery of production-ready agentic AI applications from concept through production
• Partner closely with Product and Platform Engineering to prioritize work that delivers measurable customer value
• Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, rapid iteration, and continuous learning
• Define engineering best practices for agentic workflows, tool integrations, evaluations, and production readiness
• Balance speed of execution with engineering quality, reliability, and long-term maintainability
• Remove blockers, improve development processes, and build robust AI applications alongside your team
• Work closely with internal stakeholders to translate business problems into engineering priorities

Requirements:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field
• 7+ years of software engineering experience, including experience leading engineering teams
• 2+ years of experience managing engineers building customer-facing software products
• Strong understanding of modern AI application development, including LLMs, AI agents, MCP, tool calling, workflows, and enterprise integrations
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through ambiguity and rapidly deliver production-quality software
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to guide architecture and engineering tradeoff discussions
• Excellent communication skills and experience partnering closely with Product, Design, and Engineering leadership
• Proven experience hiring, mentoring, and developing high-performing engineers
• Growth mindset with a collaborative, low-ego leadership style
• Passion for building inclusive, psychologically safe teams that value ownership and continuous improvement
• Experience in startup or high-growth environments with rapid product iteration
• Familiarity with AI evaluation frameworks, observability, and production monitoring
• Experience building secure AI systems, including RBAC/ABAC, audit logging, and responsible AI practices
• Experience in Rust
• Exposure to regulated industries such as defense, healthcare, finance, or telecommunications