AI Engineering Manager

Our client is at the intersection of real-time systems and next-generation AI, building distributed infrastructure for voice-first, real-time AI applications at scale. With over €190m in funding and valued at over €890m, they are redefining what modern infrastructure can unlock in a world shaped by seamless human–machine interaction. Their platform powers high-concurrency, low-latency dialogue systems, leveraging LLMs, event-driven architectures, and deeply integrated developer tooling.

Role Overview

AI Engineering Manager will lead a team of machine learning, backend, and data engineers focused on building a multilingual voice infrastructure from scratch. This includes everything from automatic speech recognition and text-to-speech to language detection, acoustic echo cancellation, and real-time orchestration of ML models in production.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a high-performing team of ML, backend, and data engineers, fostering collaboration and technical excellence.
• Oversee the development, fine-tuning, and productionisation of ASR, TTS, language detection, and audio processing models.
• Ensure scalable customisation of speech models across languages and client use cases.
• Own orchestration services critical to real-time ML performance and reliability.
• Work cross-functionally with product, platform, and AI research teams to align technical efforts with company strategy.
• Coach and support team members, developing a culture of continuous learning and innovation.

Qualifications

• Strong professional background in ML engineering or data science.
• People management experience, including leading ML-focused teams.
• Proven experience in developing production-grade ML models, including monitoring, scaling, and lifecycle management.
• Deep understanding of building and maintaining real-time ML services, ideally in cloud-native environments.
• Strong track record of implementing engineering and ML best practices.

Seniority Level

• Director

Employment Type

• Full-time

Job Function

• Information Technology

Industries

• Technology
• Information and Media

If you’re excited about leading a team shaping the multilingual voice layer of next-gen AI – and turning technical complexity into scalable, human-centric products, we’d love to hear from you.

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