Llamaindex

Technical Lead Manager - Platform Engineering

Who can apply: US-based role. The employer has not said which states are eligible — confirm before applying.
Location as listed by the employer: “San Francisco”
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About this role

Llamaindex is hiring for a Technical Lead Manager - Platform Engineering role (full-time). See the official posting for full details.

Requirements

  • Experience leading multiple engineering teams in B2B SaaS, at a scope comparable to a 20–30-person organization, with responsibility for delivering and operating customer-facing products.
  • Strong, current hands-on engineering skills: you can read and write production code, review architecture, and diagnose complex technical problems.
  • Practical familiarity with model serving and model training, including training or fine-tuning workflows, evaluation, deployment, and production operations.
  • Understanding of the tradeoffs between model quality, latency, throughput, GPU resources, reliability, and cost.
  • Strong background in backend systems, APIs, distributed systems, and cloud infrastructure.
  • A track record of hiring and developing engineers, setting clear expectations, and giving constructive feedback.
  • Good product judgment, including knowing when to move quickly and when to invest in correctness, reliability, and security.
  • Clear written and verbal communication with technical teams, customers, and company leadership.

Summarized from the employer's posting — check the full posting for every requirement.