Cartesia

Cartesia

Engineering Manager, Infrastructure

*HQ - San Francisco, CA

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About the role

  • Our mission is to architect AI that learns from and interacts with the world like humans do.
  • We're pioneering the model architectures that will make this possible. Our founding team met as PhDs at the Stanford AI Lab, where we invented State Space Models or SSMs, a new primitive for training efficient, large-scale foundation models. Our team combines deep expertise in model innovation and systems engineering paired with a design-minded product

Responsibilities

  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing engineering team through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development.
  • Own your team's roadmap, decisions, and outcomes, setting clear priorities and driving a high and predictable shipping cadence.
  • Provide technical leadership across architecture, design reviews, complex technical problems, and production incidents.
  • Partner closely with Product, Research, and other teams to set direction and deliver against company priorities.
  • Ensure the systems your team owns scale ahead of the business while maintaining a high bar for performance, reliability, and engineering quality.
  • Our team combines deep expertise in model innovation and systems engineering paired with a design-minded product engineering team to build and ship cutting edge models and experiences.
  • We're funded by leading investors at Index Ventures and Lightspeed Venture Partners, along with Factory, Conviction, A Star, General Catalyst, SV Angel, Databricks and others.
  • We're fortunate to have the support of many amazing advisors, and 90+ angels across many industries, including the world's foremost experts in AI.
  • You'll build and grow a team of 7+ engineers, own its technical direction and execution, and stay close enough to the work to provide meaningful technical leadership when it matters.
  • 🦖 Your own personal Yoshi

Requirements

  • Strong technical depth and engineering judgment, with the ability to earn credibility with experienced engineers and engage deeply in architecture and technical decisions.
  • Strong ownership and prioritization skills, with the ability to make difficult tradeoffs and balance near-term execution with longer-term investments.
  • Strong cross-functional leadership and the ability to align stakeholders around technical decisions and priorities.
  • Given the scale and difficulty of problems we work on, we value managers who combine exceptional people leadership with strong technical judgment.
  • Experience managing and developing high-performing engineering teams, including coaching, performance management, and career growth.
  • A track record of leading teams to deliver complex technical projects in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
  • Experience building large-scale distributed systems with high demands on performance, reliability, and observability.
  • [bonus] Experience building or scaling engineering teams through periods of rapid growth or organizational change.
  • [bonus] Background in machine learning, AI infrastructure, or generative models.
  • Note: Cartesia participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with Form I-9 information to confirm employment eligibility after hire.
  • 🏢 In-office policy: We're an in-person team based out of offices in 🇺🇸 San Francisco, 🇬🇧 London and 🇮🇳 Bangalore. We love being in the office, hanging out together, and learning from each other every day.
  • 🌎 Visa sponsorship: We provide visa sponsorship support and assess each circumstance on a case-by-case basis. However, visa sponsorship is dependent on many factors, including the role you are applying for, and the location you are going to be based, and so we can't always guarantee success. Your Recruiter will work with you to understand your visa sponsorship needs from the first call.
  • 🚢 We ship fast. All of our work is novel and cutting edge, and execution speed is paramount. We have a high bar, and we don't sacrifice quality or design along the way.

Compensation

  • 💰 Compensation Competitive base salary alongside attractive equity package.

Benefits

  • 💰 Compensation Competitive base salary alongside attractive equity package.
  • 🩺 Health Insurance Fully covered medical insurance along with dental and vision for you and your family.
  • 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒 Parental Leave 9 weeks paternity & 12 weeks maternity leave
  • 🚆 Commuter Allowance A monthly stipend to help you get to and from the office.
  • 🏖️ Flexible PTO Take as much time as you need to recharge your batteries.
  • We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.

Company info

  • ABOUT CARTESIA Our mission is to architect AI that learns from and interacts with the world like humans do.
  • Our mission is to architect AI that learns from and interacts with the world like humans do.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity employer.

Visa & Work Authorization

  • We provide visa sponsorship support and assess each circumstance on a case-by-case basis.
  • However, visa sponsorship is dependent on many factors, including the role you are applying for, and the location you are going to be based, and so we can't always guarantee success.
  • Your Recruiter will work with you to understand your visa sponsorship needs from the first call.
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