SandboxAQ
Manager, AI Engineering
$163K–$306K
United States · Remote · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026
- Education
- BSc in Computer Science or related field with exposure to AI/ML; PhD in Computer Science or related field focused on AI/ML or similar is highly desired.
About the job
Leads a small engineering team while building and shipping AI agent capabilities for security, quality, and human-agent collaboration.
What you'll do
- Lead and mentor a technical team while contributing hands-on engineering and research.
- Set technical direction and deliver scalable, production-ready software and agent capabilities.
- Develop agent monitoring, guardrails, and evaluation; perform ML work and translate research into product features.
What they ask for
- BSc in Computer Science or a related field with exposure to AI/ML.
- Deep expertise in AI/ML, software engineering, or AI security.
- Strong Python programming skills and familiarity with relevant ML and/or agentic frameworks.
- Cross-functional collaboration, end-to-end ownership, and ability to learn technologies needed to ship reliable software.
Nice to have
- PhD in Computer Science or a related field focused on AI/ML or similar.
- Experience with agentic security or orchestration, open-source contributions, startups, or cybersecurity.
Pay
$163K – $306K (currency not stated; compensation type not specified)
Tools
Python
AI focus
Builds agentic collaboration and trust capabilities, including agent monitoring, guardrails, evaluation, and classical ML tasks such as feature engineering and model fine-tuning.
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