Engineering Manager, AI/ML Team
June 27, 2025
Open
Open
Location
Vietnam
Occupation
Full-time
Experience level
Manager
Summary
clearer.io is hiring a remote Engineering Manager based in Vietnam to lead its growing AI/ML engineering team. In this role, you'll drive the delivery of AI-powered features and architecture across the company’s eCommerce solution suite, reporting directly to the Director of Engineering. As a key operations and culture leader, you'll mentor engineers, manage daily team processes, and align strategy with business goals. This is a full-time role with benefits including a year-end performance bonus, 20 vacation days, generous health and wellness support, a provided MacBook, and professional development opportunities.
Candidates should bring at least 6+ years’ engineering experience with 2+ years in technical leadership. Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), distributed systems, DevOps practices, and incident response is essential. Prior experience with AI/ML tools (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, LLMs), and knowledge in Shopify and eCommerce are highly preferred. Excellent communication, mentoring ability, and cross-functional collaboration are key to success in this role.
Join a mission-driven remote team that values purposeful progress, customer focus, and global collaboration. At clearer.io, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of AI within eCommerce and building a high-performing team from the ground up.
Take the clearer route to smart career growth. At clearer.io, we’re reimagining eCommerce by enhancing search, discovery, and customer engagement through a standout suite of innovative apps. Our mission is straightforward yet powerful: to empower our partners with solutions that streamline their operations, foster customer trust, and drive sustainable growth. We’re not just about technology - we’re about making eCommerce smarter, simpler, and more impactful, delivering solutions that inspire confidence and create real results.
With fresh investment and rapid growth, this is the perfect time to join our journey. When you become part of clearer.io, you step into a role where your work truly matters. Here, you’ll have the opportunity to own your projects, drive outcomes, and make an impact within a supportive, diverse team of professionals dedicated to customer success. We value clarity, results, and a customer-centric approach that keeps us focused on delivering real value to our partners every step of the way.
If you’re ready to cut through the clutter and focus on what really matters in a dynamic eCommerce landscape, clearer.io is the place to grow, lead, and shape the future of online retail. Join us, and be part of a team that’s committed to making eCommerce clearer, more efficient, and more rewarding for everyone.
Your Impact: As an Engineering Manager, you will lead a team of talented AI/ML Engineers, driving the development of high-quality AI-powered solutions while fostering a culture of collaboration and technical excellence. This is an exciting opportunity for a motivated leader who is passionate about mentoring engineers, optimizing development processes, and delivering impactful technology in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
You will report directly to the Director of Engineering, playing a pivotal role in the people, process, and cultural development of the AI/ML team. Your focus will be on optimizing team operations, fostering a strong team culture, and ensuring seamless collaboration across departments and global time zones. You will be a crucial bridge, translating strategic directives into actionable plans for the team and ensuring their well-being and growth, ultimately maximizing AI's contribution to Clearer.io's revenue and customer experience. This role is essential to providing the daily management and support the team needs, especially given time zone differences and broader leadership focuses.
What You'll Do:
- Lead and manage a team of AI/ML engineers, fostering collaboration, technical excellence, and career growth.
- Own the delivery of AI/ML engineering projects, ensuring high-quality, timely execution, and alignment with Clearer.io's product roadmap.
- Strategically manage and provide architectural consultation for data systems supporting AI/ML applications, ensuring robust collection, storage, processing, integration, accuracy, security, compliance with regulations, and accessibility of data.
- Define team goals, KPIs, and success metrics specifically for AI/ML initiatives, aligning them with overall business objectives.
- Promote effective coordination and communication between the AI/ML team and other Product teams and other Engineering teams to ensure seamless AI integration into existing and future products.
- Promote engineering best practices, including security, testing, and operational excellence within the context of AI/ML development.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless execution of AI projects.
- Coach, mentor, and develop individual contributors within the AI/ML team, supporting their career growth, encouraging them to expand their knowledge of business domains and how AI contributes value.
- Participate in hiring, team expansion, and succession planning for AI/ML engineering talent.
- Manage incident response processes, drive post-mortem analyses, and improve system reliability for AI/ML systems.
- Balance technical debt, feature development, and long-term engineering strategy for the AI/ML roadmap.
What You'll Bring:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent and 6+ years of relevant experience, with at least 2+ years in a leadership role.
- Experience with e-commerce and with specific experience of Shopify a plus!
- Understanding of or prior experience with AI/Machine Learning principles, machine learning, or working with AI/ML teams is a significant advantage. Familiarity with common AI/ML concepts and technologies (e.g., model training, data pipelines, typical frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch, or platforms like Databricks/AWS SageMaker), including an understanding of advanced architectures like Transformers and the application of Large Language Models (LLMs) is a plus.
- Proven ability to lead and manage technical teams, drive execution, and deliver results in a software development environment.
- Experience in cloud computing (AWS, GCP, or Azure), microservices, and distributed systems.
- Proven ability to lead teams with a DevOps mindset, cultivating a culture of collaboration by leveraging agile practices, automation, and CI/CD to drive software quality and delivery speed.
- Experience with incident management, reliability engineering, and monitoring strategies.
- Excellent communication skills, with the ability to align engineering initiatives with business needs and communicate effectively with cross-departmental and cross-country stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to recruit, mentor, and grow engineering talent.
- Strong grasp of software architecture, API design, and scalability challenges.
- What other characteristics do we look for? Leadership for sure. Some of the attributes we appreciate include:
- Inquisitiveness
- Having pride in one’s work
- Tenacity: trying to work it out but knowing when to ask for help
- Follow-thru and dependability
- A strong belief in the team’s success
- Most importantly, friendly/kind/a good teammate
- Demonstrable examples of leading individuals/teams driving architectural direction, establishing best-practices and patterns
Qualities:
Why clearer.io?
- Customers at the heart: We make our customers the stars of our show and help them thrive. When they grow, so do we. We obsess over their needs so we can dream big on their behalf.
- Purposeful progress: We harness our ingenuity to keep leveling up and growing stronger. We take initiative, think boldly, and don’t settle for the status quo. Every risk teaches us something new.
- Endless innovation: We take action, refine our work, and drive meaningful growth for each other and our customers. Humble in our pursuit, we continuously seek to improve. We ask ‘How can we help?’ striving always to make a meaningful impact.
- Always open: With transparency we simplify the complex, collaborate globally and empower everyone. We believe openness in our communication - with customers, partners, and team members - is essential for building strong relationships.
- Join our 100% remote team based in Vietnam! We offer the flexibility to work from anywhere within Vietnam, ensuring seamless collaboration with our global teams.
- Performance-based Year-End Bonus: Recognizing and rewarding your individual contributions.
- Time Off: 20 days/year, in addition to Vietnam holidays.
- MacBook Provided.
- Collaborative Events: Offline meet-ups, monthly gatherings and year-end party.
- Continuous Learning: Technical and general workshops, online resources.
- Health and Wellness Benefits: Generali Health Care, annual check-up, Wellbeing budget to support for classes promoting physical and mental health.
- International Exposure: Enhance expertise and English communication skills.
Clear Benefits:
Be a part of clearer.io - where your expertise fuels real change in eCommerce. Come and join us- it’s clear we’re the place to be!
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Clearer.io
Increase conversions and avoid confusion as you enhance product discovery, optimizing the customer journey. Take the Clearer route to smart growth. At Clearer.io, we're on a mission to simplify and supercharge ecommerce success. Formerly known as AppHub, we've evolved our identity to better reflect our commitment to clear, fast, and impactful solutions for growing online businesses. We provide cutting-edge tools designed to optimize the entire shopping journey, from customer acquisition to conversion and beyond. By empowering ecommerce brands with user-friendly technology, actionable insights, and dedicated support, we help businesses streamline their operations and grow with confidence. Our vision is straightforward: make ecommerce tools that are powerful yet simple, flexible yet reliable. We're here to make things clearer—so businesses can focus on what they do best: delivering great products and experiences to their customers. Let's build a brighter future for ecommerce, together.
HQ Location
Boston, Massachusetts
Company size
1-10
Founded in
Industry
Information Technology & Services