# Senior Manager, AI/ML Engineering at Inari

- Company: Inari
- What the company does: Transform customer feedback into your next best product idea. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://useinari.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: Cambridge, MA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $170K to $233K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-22
- Apply by: 2026-11-06
- Apply: https://inari.wd108.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Inari_Careers/job/Cambridge-MA/Sr-Manager--AI_R-100078
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inari-senior-manager-ai-ml-engineering/

## About the role

Inari is transforming sustainable agriculture through AI-driven predictive design and advanced gene editing, and the team building our AI/ML capabilities is central to that mission. We are looking for an AI/ML leader to set the direction and technical standards for our AI Team – you will help define how artificial intelligence (AI) drives Inari to the next-generation of predictive design while staying close to the work that gets us there.

## What they're looking for

- Strong hands-on ML depth: advanced Python and the scientific stack, with experience training and deploying neural networks in PyTorch and/or TensorFlow
- Proven ability to deploy, maintain, and monitor ML models and pipelines at scale, with practical experience across AWS, SageMaker, Docker, MLflow, and Airflow or equivalents
- Experience owning a modeling roadmap end to end, from problem framing and evaluation through delivery
- Experience leading a technical team, including setting direction, supporting the growth of the engineers on it, and influencing decisions beyond your own team
- Strong grasp and practical experience with modern AI systems, including foundation models, RAG, and agentic workflows, with the judgment to know where they do and don’t apply
- Strong and clear communication with cross-functional leaders, scientific partners, fellow engineers, and the ability to translate between biological questions and ML framings