Abysalto

AI Engineering Manager (m/f)

Abysalto  •  Zagreb, HR (Remote)  •  6 days ago
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Job Description

Dive deeper. Aim higher.

At Abysalto, that’s not just a motto — it’s how we work.
As our AI department grows in size, scope, and impact, we need strong leadership focused on people, delivery, and sustainable execution.

We’re looking for an AI Engineering Manager — someone who helps teams do their best work, removes obstacles, builds healthy team dynamics, and ensures that complex AI projects are delivered reliably and on time.

You don’t need to be a hands-on AI engineer — but you do need to understand how modern AI teams work.

Ready to dive in?

🔷 What will you do?

  • Lead and grow AI engineering teams (backend, ML, data, QA) through clear goals, trust, and accountability
  • Act as a people manager hiring, onboarding, mentoring, performance reviews, and career development
  • Ensure successful delivery of AI projects, balancing scope, quality, timelines, and team capacity
  • Work closely with AI Tech Leads and other engineers to translate technical plans into executable delivery
  • Facilitate healthy team processes: sprint planning, retrospectives, prioritization, and workload balancing
  • Remove organizational and operational blockers so engineers can stay focused and productive
  • Collaborate with product owners, business stakeholders, and management to align expectations and outcomes
  • Help shape team structure, roles, and scaling plans as the AI department grows
  • Foster a culture of psychological safety, ownership, continuous learning, and quality

🔷What do we expect from you?

  • 5+ years of experience as an Engineering Manager, Delivery Manager, or Technical Team Lead
  • Strong people management skills: coaching, feedback, conflict resolution, and motivation
  • Experience leading cross-functional software teams in an agile environment
  • Ability to manage complexity, prioritize effectively, and make pragmatic trade-offs
  • Solid understanding of software development lifecycles and modern engineering practices
  • Comfort working with technical topics, even if you’re not coding day-to-day
  • Excellent communication skills in English — clear, structured, and empathetic
  • Ownership mindset and ability to take responsibility for team outcomes

🔶 Nice to have

  • Experience working with AI / ML / data-heavy systems or AI product teams
  • Basic understanding of concepts such as LLMs, ML models, data pipelines, and MLOps
  • Previous background as a software engineer, AI engineer, or technical lead
  • Experience scaling teams in a fast-growing environment
  • Exposure to enterprise or regulated client environments

🔷What do we offer?

  • A key leadership role in one of the fastest-growing parts of our company
  • Opportunity to shape how AI teams work, grow, and succeed
  • Supportive environment for leadership development, training, and mentorship
  • Modern tech setup — high-performance hardware, ergonomic workstations (Aeron chairs), GPU access
  • Flexible working hours with a hybrid work option
  • Agile workflows with SCRUM methodology (flexible) and a strong engineering culture
  • All perks and benefits available on our career page
  • A chance to help build AI solutions that have real-world impact at scale

We solve complex technological challenges in order to simplify and improve everyday lives of millions of people. Our goal is to become a leader in the software industry, recognized for excellence and quality.

If you're ready to shape what’s yet to be — send us your CV.
Apply via the link below.

We look forward to meeting you!

Abysalto

About Abysalto

At Abysalto we believe in simplifying the complex to improve the everyday. We dive deeper and aim higher to get to the core of our clients’ challenges, developing advanced digital solutions to simplify processes, optimize operations, reduce costs and modernize businesses.

Our digital solutions impact the lives of millions of people - from enrolling kids in kindergarten, supporting payments in agriculture, safely crossing state borders to improving traffic flows in urban areas and paying the energy bills.

Dive deeper, aim higher is our motto. Our motto is our motor for tomorrow. The dynamic world is improved by innovative ideas. This is what we love doing. Challenges call and we answer with innovation.

Industry
IT & Software
Company Size
201-500 employees
Headquarters
Unknown
Year Founded
2025
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