Engineering Manager, Agent Orchestration

The role

You will lead the Agent Orchestration team to build the runtime and model orchestration layer for AI agents. You will manage a high-performing team and own the technical strategy for the orchestration engine.

What you will do

• Build, lead, and develop a high performing team of engineers, including hiring, coaching, and performance management.
• Own the technical strategy and roadmap for Decagon’s orchestration engine.
• Drive architecture for systems that coordinate complex reasoning and action flows at scale.
• Set reliability, testing, and observability standards across the orchestration stack.
• Create frameworks and guardrails that enable fast, safe iteration on agent behavior, evaluation, and rollout.
• Partner with Product, Research, and Infrastructure teams to define requirements and ship multi-quarter initiatives.

Required qualifications

• 2+ years of engineering management experience leading high performing teams in fast-moving environments.
• Strong technical depth and an IC foundation to guide architecture, debug complex failures, and make sound trade-offs.
• Experience building distributed systems, execution engines, real-time platforms, or other high scale systems.
• Track record of delivering multi-quarter projects through ambiguity.
• Care deeply about engineering craft and operational excellence, including testing strategy, observability, and incident learning.
• Communicate clearly and collaborate well across Product, Research, and Infrastructure teams.

Nice to have

• Experience with agent frameworks, runtimes, orchestration logic, or tool use systems.
• Experience with evaluation, experimentation, or model quality measurement systems.
• Experience building guardrails for safety-critical or highly reliable systems.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
• Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
• Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
• Parental Leave
• Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
• Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
• Daily lunches and snacks in the office
• Take what you need vacation policy

About the company

Decagon is a conversational AI platform that enables enterprises to deploy AI agents across various channels. The company is an in-office company driven by values like Just Get It Done and The Polymath Principle.