# Engineering Manager: Applied AI at Copia

- Company: Copia
- What the company does: Backed by Y Combinator and Lux.
- Company website: http://www.gocopia.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: Hybrid
- Pay: $185K to $240K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-07-01
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.lever.co/copia/1251719b-9164-4749-9ac6-873d7e5ff0be
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/copia-engineering-manager-applied-ai/

## About the role

We’re hiring an Engineering Manager to lead our Applied AI team. This team’s mandate is to bring cutting-edge AI into the hands of industrial automation engineers — designing, building, and owning the GenAI-powered capabilities that make Copia’s products dramatically more useful, from the Copia Copilot to AI features woven throughout our Source Control and DeviceLink products.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of professional full-stack software engineering experience, with at least 1–2 years of formal or informal people-leadership experience (tech lead, team lead, or direct management)
- Hands-on experience building AI-enabled products — not just using ChatGPT, but shipping applications backed by LLM APIs, RAG, and related GenAI techniques — and the judgment to tell where AI adds durable value versus where it doesn’t
- A strong technical foundation across the stack — frontend, backend, APIs, and data — and the ability to design AI-powered capabilities that are reliable, scalable, and maintainable
- Daily fluency with AI coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, or Copilot) and a clear sense of their strengths and weaknesses, plus a track record of helping others get more out of them
- Demonstrated ability to coach engineers — helping them grow technically, take on bigger scope, and develop in their careers
- Strong written and verbal communication. You can adjust your message for engineers, executives, and partner teams without losing the substance, and you can explain complex AI work to non-technical stakeholders

Tags: Engineering