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CommandLink · 3 hours ago

Software Engineering Manager – AI Product Development

Command|Link is a global SaaS Platform providing network, voice services, and IT security solutions. They are seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team in building and scaling AI-powered products while ensuring economic soundness and revenue growth.
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Responsibilities

Own delivery and business outcomes for AI-powered product initiatives, with accountability for ARR impact, adoption, and capital efficiency
Lead and grow an engineering team with a focus on output, leverage, and sustainable pace, not headcount growth for its own sake
Partner closely with Product, Finance, and GTM to prioritize work based on revenue potential, customer value, and cost-to-serve
Drive features that unlock new revenue, expansion, and retention, while improving unit economics
Guide architectural decisions with a strong bias toward cost-aware scalability, especially for AI workloads (inference, training, data pipelines)
Establish engineering practices that maximize engineering ROI, shorter cycle times, fewer handoffs, and predictable delivery
Make disciplined tradeoffs to hit market windows while avoiding long-term cost or maintenance drag
Track and improve key metrics such as cost per feature, infrastructure spend vs. usage, and revenue per engineering dollar
Stay technically engaged through design reviews and selective hands-on work, especially where cost, risk, or scale are involved
Build a culture of ownership, accountability, and financial awareness across the team
Takes on additional responsibilities and projects as needed to support the success of the team and organization

Qualification

AI product developmentEngineering managementFinancial intuitionSoftware engineeringCustomer-facing productsArchitectural guidanceCost-performance tradeoffsTeam leadership

Required

7+ years of software engineering experience, with 3 to 5+ years in engineering management roles
Experience leading teams in capital-conscious, high-growth environments
Proven ownership of customer-facing products tied to revenue and margin outcomes
Hands-on experience building and operating AI-enabled systems with real cost constraints
Strong product and financial intuition, you can reason about tradeoffs between growth, cost, and long-term leverage
Track record of delivering under aggressive timelines without over-hiring or over-engineering
Comfort partnering with Product and Finance to make prioritization decisions grounded in ROI
Sufficient technical depth to guide architecture, challenge assumptions, and make sound cost/performance tradeoffs

Benefits

Generous Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage for full-time employees
Flexible time off
401k to help you save for the future
Fun events at cool locations
Free DoorDash lunches on Fridays
Employee referral bonuses to encourage the addition of great new people to the team

Company

CommandLink

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CommandLink builds Next-Generation Software-Defined Hybrid Networks with integrated managed security.

H1B Sponsorship

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2025 (2)
2022 (1)

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage

Leadership Team

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Jason Ness
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