Forward Deployed Engineering Manager

Labelbox

San Francisco Bay Area, US
On-site
5+ years software engineering experience
2+ years managing engineers
Containerization and sandboxing expertise
Labelbox is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead the development of reinforcement learning environments for AI systems. This hands-on leadership role involves managing a team, overseeing technical direction, and ensuring high-quality execution in a fast-paced, innovative environment

Job Summary

  • This role involves leading a team responsible for building sandboxed, reproducible environments that power model training and human-in-the-loop evaluation.
  • The company operates like an early-stage startup where you will take on expanded responsibilities quickly with career growth tied directly to your contributions.
  • You will own the RL environment roadmap while ensuring reliability, observability, and data integrity through strong instrumentation and monitoring.

Matching Summary

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Labelbox is seeking a Forward Deployed Engineering Manager to lead the development of reinforcement learning environments for AI systems. This hands-on leadership role involves managing a team, overseeing technical direction, and ensuring high-quality execution in a fast-paced, innovative environment.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • 5+ years software engineering experience
  • 2+ years managing engineers
  • Containerization and sandboxing expertise
  • Reinforcement learning fundamentals knowledge
  • Infrastructure and distributed systems background

Nice-to-have

  • Experience with RL environments like Gym or PettingZoo
  • Familiarity with cloud infrastructure GCP or AWS
  • Prior work in AI platforms or research environments
  • Open-source contributions in RL or agents
  • High agency and rapid execution mindset

Key Requirements

  • 5+ years of Python software engineering experience
  • 2+ years of engineering management experience
  • Strong debugging skills across layered containerized environments

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