Position Summary:

With team members and customers in 39 countries around the globe, HostPapa is currently one of the fastest-growing web hosting companies with a wide range of products available. At its core, we provide individuals and small and medium-sized businesses with access to valuable tools and services critical to their online success, including a Website Builder service for making website creation an ultra-easy task for anyone. Tailored to meet every user's unique needs, our award-winning customer support, email, and cloud-based solutions keep HostPapa at the cutting edge of the web hosting industry and innovation by putting our customers first.

As the Engineering Manager, AI Product Development, you will provide technical leadership and hands-on guidance to a team of software engineers building AI-enabled products and platform capabilities. You will help shape architecture, improve engineering practices, and drive the adoption of AI-assisted development workflows while remaining close to the technology and delivery process.

This role combines engineering leadership with strong technical contribution. You will be responsible for team performance, software quality, system reliability, and delivery outcomes while helping engineers grow and succeed in a remote-first environment.

What you'll do

Lead a team of senior software engineers, creating a culture of ownership, accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Partner closely with Product, Design, Operations, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable technical solutions
Influence product direction by challenging assumptions, advocating for user-first decisions, and helping teams focus on high-impact outcomes
Design and review scalable architectures, breaking complex initiatives into actionable technical plans
Drive adoption of AI-assisted and agentic development workflows to improve engineering productivity, code quality, testing, and delivery speed
Build and support modern full-stack applications using technologies such as Next.js, TypeScript, React, shadcn/ui, Supabase/Postgres, APIs, and cloud services
Guide technical decisions across frontend, backend, data, and AI-enabled systems
Lead code reviews, architectural reviews, and technical design discussions while maintaining high engineering standards
Improve software delivery practices, including CI/CD, testing, observability, reliability, security, and operational excellence
Track engineering metrics and delivery indicators to identify risks, improve predictability, and support data-driven decisions
Support modernization efforts, technical debt reduction, and platform evolution initiatives
Collaborate with engineers on complex technical challenges and remain hands-on when necessary with architecture, implementation, debugging, or proof-of-concept development
Foster effective asynchronous communication and collaboration across globally distributed teams
Support other tasks or projects as assigned to meet team and business needs

About you

8+ years of professional software engineering experience building production systems
Previous experience leading engineering teams, mentoring developers, and driving technical delivery
Hands-on experience integrating AI capabilities, LLMs, AI agents, RAG systems, or AI-powered workflows into products and engineering processes
Strong hands-on experience with modern web application development using TypeScript, React, and Next.js
Experience designing scalable APIs, distributed systems, and cloud-native applications
Strong understanding of relational databases such as PostgreSQL or MySQL
Experience with CI/CD automation, testing strategies, monitoring, and production operations
Proven ability to balance technical leadership with execution and delivery accountability
Experience modernizing systems and improving engineering effectiveness through automation and process improvements
Strong architectural thinking with the ability to evaluate trade-offs between scalability, maintainability, cost, and delivery speed
Comfortable working in a fast-paced, remote-first environment with distributed teams

What we offer:

Work from anywhere - this is a remote opportunity
A competitive salary that values you and your unique skill sets
Career advancement & professional development opportunities to help you reach your full potential
Flexible work arrangements to support work/life balance

About us:

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Engineering Manager, AI Product Development at HostPapa