Engineering Manager, Launch & Sandboxes- Weights & Biases

About the role

The Engineering Manager for Launch & Sandboxes will lead the development and delivery of cloud execution environments and job launching infrastructure. This role involves working closely with product management to prioritize initiatives, unblocking engineers on cross-team dependencies, and ensuring reliable and efficient operations.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product management to prioritize and shape the roadmap for Launch & Sandboxes
• Unblock engineers on cross-team dependencies related to infrastructure and platform development
• Ensure the team delivers reliable and efficient services in production
• Manage technical debt and maintain high standards of engineering quality
• Grow the team into autonomous leaders and technical decision-makers
• Stay close to how ML practitioners use the product and align priorities with user feedback
• Make hard prioritization calls and hold the bar on engineering quality

Requirements

• 3+ years of engineering management experience, with a track record of shipping infrastructure or platform products
• 5+ years of software engineering experience prior to management, with backend systems depth
• Technical fluency in Go, Python, and Kubernetes
• Experience managing teams that own distributed systems in production
• Demonstrated ability to balance product delivery with technical health
• Experience partnering with product managers to shape and prioritize a roadmap
• Track record of growing engineers across levels
• Strong communication skills with both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, especially in newer product areas where scope is still being defined

Qualifications

• Preferred experience with ML infrastructure, ML platforms, or developer tools for data scientists
• Familiarity with compute orchestration, job scheduling, or container isolation technologies
• Experience managing teams through a product area transition (e.g., early-stage to growth, or post-acquisition integration)
• Background in HPC or scientific computing environments
• Experience with billing systems, metering, or usage-based pricing infrastructure
• Founding experience or early-stage background where you took a product from idea to the hands of users

Skills

• Technical fluency in Go, Python, and Kubernetes
• Experience managing distributed systems in production
• Ability to balance product delivery with technical health
• Experience partnering with product managers to shape and prioritize a roadmap
• Track record of growing engineers across levels
• Strong communication skills with both engineering and non-engineering stakeholders
• Comfortable operating in ambiguity, especially in newer product areas where scope is still being defined

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment
• A work culture focused on innovative disruption

Pay

The base salary range for this role is $165,000 to $242,000. The starting salary will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location.

Schedule

We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs.