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Exa Capital is an alternative investment manager specialized in Agribusiness, Sports, Real Estate and Infrastructure.

Manager, AI Software Engineering

Location

United States

Posted

18 hours ago

Salary

$175K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree6 yrs expEnglishDistributed SystemsSDLC

Job Description

Manager, AI Software Engineering

Exa Capital

• Manage AI strategy across a portfolio of companies focused on production-grade AI systems • Work directly with CEOs, CTOs, and VP Engineering leaders as a hands-on player-coach • Define and implement AI-powered software development lifecycle (SDLC) with a focus on AI adoption • Lead a small, high-impact AI engineering team to develop reusable playbooks and frameworks • Collaborate with internal teams to integrate AI solutions that deliver clear business outcomes • Oversee the development of AI coding agents for automation, testing, and code generation • Ensure compliance with data protection standards and establish governance controls around AI use

Job Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field; advanced degree preferred
  • 6–8+ years of software engineering experience with recent hands-on experience
  • 2+ years of engineering management experience leading individual contributors
  • Hands-on experience with AI infrastructure and LLMs
  • Experience building large-scale query processing or distributed systems
  • Experience hiring and developing engineers
  • Excellent collaboration and communication skills across global organizations
  • Experience building coding agents or developer copilots (strongly preferred)
  • Familiarity with RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) and agent frameworks (strongly preferred)
  • Prompt engineering and evaluation (strongly preferred)
  • Experience in regulated industries (finance, healthcare, etc.) (preferred)
  • Experience in private equity, venture capital, or multi-company environments (preferred)

Benefits

  • Permanent capital: build AI capabilities designed to last decades, not optimized for exits
  • Decentralized model: portfolio CEOs own outcomes—you work alongside portfolio leadership to deliver AI outcomes
  • Access to senior leadership on AI strategy and portfolio priorities
  • The opportunity to shape what “great AI” looks like across an entire software portfolio
  • A culture of high standards, low ego, discipline, and intellectual honesty
  • Visible, tangible impact—your work will influence products, margins, and competitiveness in real time
  • A chance to help build a new kind of software holding company, with AI as a core advantage

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