Ironclad · 6 hours ago
Senior Manager, Engineering - Contract AI
San Francisco, CA
Full-time, Contract
Hybrid
Senior Level
$245K/yr - $295K/yr
5+ years expIronclad, Inc. is the leading AI contracting platform that transforms agreements into assets. They are seeking a Senior Manager to lead engineering efforts behind their AI platform, overseeing technical vision, AI quality, and team leadership while collaborating across various departments to drive product success.
Enterprise SoftwareLegal TechManagement Information SystemsSaaS
Responsibilities
Technical Vision: Define and execute a roadmap including intelligent LLM-based agentic systems, RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation), LLM post-training and domain adaptation
AI Quality & Backend Excellence: Lead the strategy for AI reliability. You will ensure our models are not just 'cool,' but production-grade, legally accurate, and scalable
Team Leadership: Manage and grow a team of talented engineers, fostering a culture that blends ML research excellence with pragmatic, product-focused delivery
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with Product, Sales, and Marketing to move products like Jurist and Assistant from early adoption to General Availability and massive scale
MLOps & Infrastructure: Establish robust practices for training, deployment, and continuous monitoring of LLMs in a secure enterprise environment
Cultural Stewardship: Identify organizational bottlenecks and speak up to fix them. You’ll represent Ironclad’s technical vision to Fortune 500 customers and category-defining startups
Qualification
Required
5+ years of software experience architecting, building, launching, and maintaining complex systems
2+ years of technical leadership or management experience, with a demonstrated ability to grow and mentor high-performing teams
Extensive experience designing the high-performance infrastructure required to power complex, real-world AI workflows
Hands-on experience with LLM orchestration, RAG, and establishing rigorous AI quality frameworks (evals, benchmarking, and error analysis)
While experience with our specific stack is not required, we work with TypeScript, React, Node.js, and Docker/Kubernetes on Google Cloud Platform
A passion for building tools that users love
Experience working closely with researchers, designers, and product managers to rapidly prototype and iterate on novel features
Preferred
You thrive in 'zero-to-one' environments and are comfortable navigating the ambiguity of a rapidly evolving AI landscape
Benefits
100% health coverage for employees (medical, dental, and vision), and 75% coverage for dependents with buy-up plan options available
Market-leading leave policies, including gender-neutral parental leave and compassionate leave
Family forming support through Maven for you and your partner
Paid time off - take the time you need, when you need it
Monthly stipends for wellbeing, hybrid work, and (if applicable) cell phone use
Mental health support through Modern Health, including therapy, coaching, and digital tools
Pre-tax commuter benefits (US Employees)
401(k) plan with Fidelity with employer match (US Employees)
Regular team events to connect, recharge, and have fun
And most importantly: the opportunity to help build the company you want to work at
Company
Ironclad
Ironclad is a contract lifecycle management platform used by companies to handle every type of contract workflow.
501-1000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Late StageTotal Funding
$334MKey Investors
Franklin TempletonBondY Combinator
2022-01-18Series E· $150M
2020-12-21Series D· $100M
2019-09-17Series C· $50M
Leadership Team
Daniel Springer
Chief Executive Officer
Sunita Verma
Chief Technology Officer
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