Engineering Manager - Platform

Company overview:Let’s be real: AI isn’t magic. Legion was built to slice through hype and deliver secure, dependable agentic systems that work alongside the people tackling the world’s most critical challenges. Born from a DoW partnership and trusted by leaders across government and enterprise, Legion embeds intelligence inside complex systems—unlocking data, accelerating human workflows, and hardening mission-critical operations.

From the forward edge to Fortune 500 back-offices, our agentic platform drops AI into the software people already use, optimizing—not replacing—workflows. With world-class collaborators like NVIDIA, HPE, Palantir, and Oracle, we’re building infrastructure that boosts human capability everywhere it runs.

We’re looking for bold thinkers and doers to join us in shaping an AI future that’s secure, grounded, and built to work.

Role Overview:

As an Engineering Manager at Legion Intelligence, you will play a pivotal role in leading and supporting a team of platform and infrastructure engineers. You'll collaborate closely with go-to-market teams to ensure our roadmap aligns with the business's strategic goals. This role requires a deep dive into technical challenges surrounding secure and scalable workflows, driving innovation in product development, and creating a culture of collaboration, innovation, and high-impact.

Key Responsibilities:

• Own the design, reliability, scalability, and security of the platform infrastructure supporting production Agentic AI systems.
• Bring an informed perspective and implement best practices around identity and access controls
• Establish clear patterns for service design, deployment, and inter-service communication.
• Own system observability (logging, metrics, tracing) and operational readiness.
• Set technical direction for infrastructure components written in Rust, ensuring performance, safety, and maintainability.
• Collaborate with go-to-market teams to align roadmap with business goals.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain high-performing engineers, fostering a culture of innovation and collaboration.
• Leverage passion for agentic AI and enterprise nuances to deliver solutions that enhance user experience.

Requirements:

• 2-3+ years of experience hiring and leading teams as an engineering manager.
• 10+ years of experience as a senior individual contributor, with strong experience in software architecture in enterprise product development.
• Experience in Rust – our team works almost exclusively in Rust, and you must be comfortable operating in a Rust-heavy environment
• Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and container orchestration with Kubernetes
• Experience supporting AI/ML platforms, including model serving, agent workflows, and MCP.
• Excitement and curiosity for 0->1 product development, with a track record of turning innovative ideas into successful features.
• Attend onsite meetings 2-3x a month. Location of onsites may vary
• Must be eligible to work in the US without sponsorship.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge and experience in Agentic AI and its various applications.
• Experience designing for multi-tenant or on-prem/air-gapped environments.