Senior Machine Learning Manager
Atlassian · Seattle, WA · 1 wk ago
RemoteRemoteEngineeringFull-time
Responsibilities
- Define and execute the long-term AI/ML strategy, ensuring alignment with product and business goals.
- Recruit, coach, and develop a high-performing team of engineers and scientists, fostering an inclusive and innovative culture.
- Partner with cross-functional leadership (product, engineering, data science) to drive product vision and execution.
- Oversee team performance, providing coaching, feedback, and career growth opportunities for direct reports.
- Provide technical guidance and mentorship to engineering teams, ensuring high standards of code quality and technical excellence.
- Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of key AI/ML initiatives, ensuring timely delivery and high-quality standards.
- Balance team bandwidth across competing priorities, ensuring optimal resource distribution for high-impact projects.
- Establish and refine engineering processes to improve team velocity, code quality, and deployment standards.
- Proactively identify technical and operational risks, implementing mitigation strategies to maintain team momentum.
Qualifications
- Bachelor's or Master's degree (preferably a Computer Science degree or equivalent experience).
- 10+ years of related industry experience in the data science domain, including 5+ years of direct people management experience.
- A proven track record of building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing machine learning teams, with deep experience in organizational strategy, performance management, and developing engineering leaders.
- Experience building and scaling machine learning models in business applications using large amounts of data.
- Ability to communicate and explain data science concepts to diverse audiences, crafting a compelling story.
- An Agile development mindset, appreciating the benefit of constant iteration and improvement.
About the role
Our products include code reviewers, code generation, agentic engineering, spec-driven development, and more. Our vision is to transform software development, and we have ambitious plans to achieve this.