Engineering Manager, Internal Platform
Baseten · San Francisco
ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F https://www.baseten.co/blog/announcing-our-series-f/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE As an Engineering Manager for Baseten's Platform Team, you will lead and grow the team responsible for building internal systems to reduce low leverage work for the entire engineering organization. While our product delivers infrastructure for AI development, your team's focus is on creating robust internal systems that amplify productivity, collaboration, and quality across all engineering teams through exceptional tooling, efficient workflows, AI enablement, and world-class development environments. You are a people-first leader who also brings deep technical conviction. You care about elegant solutions: streamlined monorepos, lightning-fast CI pipelines, and thoughtfully designed shared libraries. You know how to build and inspire a team that delivers them. If you thrive at the intersection of technical craft and people leadership, you'll find this role deeply rewarding. RESPONSIBILITIES Team Leadership & Culture - Recruit, hire, and develop a high-performing team of platform engineers. - Foster a culture of technical excellence, psychological safety, and continuous improvement. - Provide regular coaching, feedback, and career development support to your direct reports. - Partner with tech leads and engineering leadership to define the long-term vision and roadmap for platform infrastructure. Technical Direction - Guide the team in crea