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We’re inspiring a generation of engineers to solve complicated automation problems with our uniquely powerful suite of software tools.\nWe’re a ~100-person company headquartered in New York City.\nThe Engineering Challenge\nBuilding software for machines introduces challenges that traditional software systems rarely face. Devices operate in real-world environments, networks are unreliable, and software must interact with hardware, sensors, and real-time data. At Viam, engineers build the platform and tools that make those machines programmable, observable, and manageable at scale.\nAbout the Role\nNew York City (Hybrid 3+ days per week in office)\nWe are looking for a hands-on engineering manager to lead our Data/ML team. The role is responsible for developing engineers, driving execution, and making architectural decisions.\nThe Data/ML team owns the infrastructure that moves data from devices to the cloud and makes it usable across the Viam platform. On top of that foundation, the team also owns the ML infrastructure that turns that data into models: training workflows, labeling pipelines, and inference in both cloud and at the edge. \nThe team works in Go and Python with a Svelte frontend, running ML workloads on GKE using TensorFlow, TFLite, and ONNX, with MongoDB Atlas, GCP, and Azure for the data layer. You will report to the VP of Engineering.\nWhat You'll Own\nLead Engineers at Viam own problems from product design through production and play an active role in shaping how the platform evolves.\nLead and develop a team of 5+ engineers: set direction, run planning, ship reliably, and grow the team through coaching, feedback, and performance conversations\nWrite code and ship features alongside your team across the full stack, from backend infrastructure through UI\nOwn the architecture of the data pipeline end to end, from device to cloud, including storage, querying, and the APIs that power the rest of the platform\nDrive the reliability and performance of ML training and inference infrastructure, from custom training workflows to the services that power auto-labeling and model evaluation\nHave opinions on what gets built and how users experience it, and bring those into product decisions early\nOwn cross-team problems through to resolution, working closely with Computer Vision, Fleet Management, Mobile, and Solutions Engineering\nWhat You Bring\nWe are looking for an experienced engineering manager who remains deeply technical, can develop engineers, and is comfortable setting direction while staying close to the code. Ideally you have:\nLed engineering teams through hiring, coaching, performance management, and career development\nBuilt and scaled backend, platform, or infrastructure systems in production\nShipped products across APIs, backend services, and user interfaces\nMade sound architectural decisions and navigated tradeoffs around scale, reliability, and performance\nInfluenced product and technical direction through strong judgment and execution\nDrove cross-functional projects from ambiguity to production\nWorked on distributed systems, data-intensive systems, streaming pipelines, platform infrastructure, or ML infrastructure\n**Experience with robotics or IoT is not required.\nHow We Work\nOur culture emphasizes ownership, curiosity, and decisive execution.\nThis space has brand new challenges and we all have an appetite to learn\nGood work in production beats perfect work in review\nWe know that the best teams help each other succeed through feedback\nThe salary for this role is between $220,000 - 250,000 /year. Your exact offer will vary based on factors, including experience level, skillset, market location, and balancing internal equity relative to peers at the company. We recognize that the person we hire may be less experienced, or more senior, than this job description as posted. In these situations, the updated salary range will be communicated to you as a candidate.\nFull-time Benefits\nViam’s base salary range for this role is posted above. In addition to cash compensation, Viam offers a comprehensive Total Rewards package that includes equity grants, health benefits, and more.\n100% covered medical/dental/vision insurance plans, commuter benefits\n25 days paid vacation and generous holiday observances\nFree lunch every day that you’re in the office\nOne Medical Membership\nCiti Bike memberships\nMonthly wellness stipend to be used for a variety of fitness-related items like gym memberships, fitness classes, fitness equipment, and more\nPaid parental leave\nReproductive Health Benefits, including Fertility Benefits and Abortion Access Travel Benefits\nYearly Learning and Development Budget for your own personal learning goals\nValues:\nVision Driven\nCollaborate Openly\nAct Decisively\nSucceed Through Diversity\nHold Ourselves Accountable\nLead with Curiosity\nTo all recruitment agencies: \nViam does not accept unsolicited agency resumes or calls from recruitment agencies or search firms. 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