# Engineering Manager at Inferact

- Company: Inferact
- What the company does: Inferact is a startup founded by creators and core maintainers of vLLM, the most popular open-source LLM inference engine. Our mission is to grow vLLM as the world. Backed by a16z.
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $200K to $400K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-14
- Apply by: 2026-11-28
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/inferact/98837c38-33a9-4085-97e7-1974dcf234a1?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/inferact-engineering-manager/

## About the role

Inferact's mission is to grow vLLM as the world's AI inference engine and accelerate AI progress by making inference cheaper and faster. Founded by the creators and core maintainers of vLLM, we sit at the intersection of models and hardware, a position that took years to build. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or similar
- Demonstrated experience managing strong software engineers in technically demanding systems, infrastructure, ML systems, distributed systems, or performance-oriented environments
- Strong technical credibility with the ability to understand architecture, ask useful questions, challenge assumptions, and help unblock senior engineers without becoming a bottleneck or overriding domain experts
- Experience owning the full people-management lifecycle, including hiring, onboarding, 1:1s, feedback, performance management, career development, team health, and retention
- Ability to translate ambiguous company priorities into clear team goals, sequencing, ownership, and execution plans while maintaining urgency in a fast-changing startup environment
- Track record of building effective engineering operating rhythms around planning, decision-making, technical reviews, cross-team coordination, and accountability without creating unnecessary process

Tags: Research & Engineering

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