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Rapid7 is looking for a seasoned Engineering Manager to lead a high-impact team within our AI Center of Excellence in Pune. In this role, you will bridge the gap between complex AI experimentation and production-grade cybersecurity solutions, driving the technical strategy and operational maturity of our AI systems.
Job Responsibility:
Lead the end-to-end delivery of AI applications and platform capabilities, moving from initial experimentation to robust production deployment
Mentor and grow a high-performing engineering team, fostering technical excellence and professional development for senior and staff-level engineers
Translate ambiguous business requirements into structured technical roadmaps, ensuring alignment between product goals and engineering execution
Partner cross-functionally with Product, Security Research, and Platform teams to identify and prioritise high-impact AI use cases
Requirements:
Ability to inspire a team of 10+ engineers while maintaining high technical standards and morale
A proven track record of shipping complex ML systems to production in cloud-native (AWS) environments
Strong stakeholder management skills to navigate cross-team dependencies and organisational complexity
Deep understanding of modern AI patterns, including LLMs, RAG, and agentic orchestration
10+ years of experience in applied AI/ML engineering with the ability to guide architecture without creating bottlenecks
Expertise in the ML lifecycle, including evaluation frameworks, monitoring, and cost optimisation
Comfort operating in dynamic, high-growth environments where requirements and priorities shift iteratively
Familiarity with cybersecurity or similar high-signal, analytical data domains
Capacity to balance immediate delivery needs with long-term technical debt and scalability
Ability to articulate complex technical trade-offs to both technical and non-technical audiences
Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success