Software Engineering Manager AI ML

20 Minutes ago • 7 Years +
Research Development

Job Description

GoDaddy's Domain Search team is looking for an experienced Engineering Manager to lead and advance its Domain Search platform, a critical component for customer growth and innovation. This hands-on leadership role involves collaborating with global teams to enhance the domain search experience, architecture, analytics, and integrated product offerings across 42 global markets. The manager will lead a team of 4 engineers, own the engineering pipeline for AI/ML models, and drive initiatives related to feature engineering and model serving, focusing on delivering measurable business value through high-quality, forward-thinking solutions.
Good To Have:
  • Experience building and leading distributed systems using cloud technologies.
  • Familiarity with search technology and search platforms.
  • Background in Agile development practices in a development environment.
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field.
Must Have:
  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 4 engineers across India, providing technical mentorship on architecture, design, and code reviews.
  • Own the engineering pipeline, ensuring smooth production support for modeling and LLM work on GoValue, AutoComplete, Misspell Recommendations, and Merch API name generation models.
  • Drive ML engineering initiatives related to feature engineering, MCP, AI reasoning, and model serving.
  • Develop and implement tactical plans, select appropriate technologies and frameworks, and build sprint backlogs and roadmaps.
  • Champion engineering and operational perfection, focusing on automation, quality, and efficiency.
  • Collaborate with global partners, ensuring the squad delivers high-quality code and solutions end-to-end.
  • Partner across GoDaddy globally to advance the Domain Search platform and develop add-on products and advertising.
  • 5+ years’ experience as a people manager, with experience leading multiple teams.
  • 7+ years’ experience building and shipping customer-facing and/or developer-facing products at Internet scale.
  • Hands-on engineering experience in large-scale data platforms.
  • Proficiency in writing clean, testable, and reliable code with CI/CD standard methodologies.
  • Expertise in Java, Python, Go, and proven knowledge of data structures, algorithms, software design, microservices, and cloud computing.
Perks:
  • Paid time off
  • Retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes)
  • Bonus/incentive eligibility
  • Equity grants
  • Participation in our employee stock purchase plan
  • Competitive health benefits
  • Family-friendly benefits including parental leave
  • Employee Resource Groups
  • Support for entrepreneurs/side hustles

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Join Our Team

GoDaddy’s Domain Search team is seeking a versatile and experienced Engineering Manager to help us advance our Domain Search platform—a vital component driving GoDaddy’s customer growth, revenue, and innovation. In this pivotal, hands-on leadership role, you’ll collaborate with global teams including USI, DI, GDII, DnAI scientists, and FORGE, enhancing our domain search experience, architecture, analytics, and integrated product offerings across our 42 global markets.

If your north star is delivering measurable business value through high-quality, forward-thinking solutions, developing sophisticated and innovative solutions and you enjoy solving real-world challenges, we want to hear from you!

What you'll get to do...

  • Lead, mentor, and develop a team of 4 engineers across India, providing technical mentorship on architecture, design, and code reviews
  • Own our engineering pipeline, ensuring smooth production support for modeling and LLM work on GoValue, AutoComplete, Misspell Recommendations, and Merch API name generation models. Drive ML engineering initiatives related to feature engineering, MCP, AI reasoning, and model serving
  • Develop and implement tactical plans, select appropriate technologies and frameworks, and build sprint backlogs and roadmaps in partnership with Product Managers, Program Managers, Architects, and leadership
  • Champion engineering and operational perfection, focusing on automation, quality, and efficiency. Building, improving, and enhancing exceptional services that help our internal customers succeed
  • Collaborate with global partners, ensuring the squad delivers high-quality code and solutions end-to-end
  • Partner across GoDaddy globally to advance our Domain Search platform and develop add on products and advertising as our users search for a domain

Your experience should include...

  • 5+ years’ experience as a people manager, with experience leading multiple teams including Product Managers, product teams, data teams, science, and frontend/backend teams. Directly developing, mentoring and managing a team of Engineers
  • 7+ years’ experience building and shipping customer-facing and/or developer-facing products at Internet scale, with a focus on driving engineering roadmaps, experimentation, and revenue
  • Hands on engineering experience in large-scale data platforms
  • Proficiency in writing clean, testable, and reliable code with CI/CD standard methodologies
  • Expertise in Java, Python, Go, and proven knowledge of data structures, algorithms, software design, microservices, and cloud computing

You might also have...

  • Experience building and leading distributed systems using cloud technologies
  • Familiarity with search technology and search platforms
  • Background in Agile development practices in a development environment
  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Information Systems, or related field

We've got your back...

We offer a range of total rewards that may include paid time off, retirement savings (e.g., 401k, pension schemes), bonus/incentive eligibility, equity grants, participation in our employee stock purchase plan, competitive health benefits, and other family-friendly benefits including parental leave. GoDaddy’s benefits vary based on individual role and location and can be reviewed in more detail during the interview process.

We also embrace our diverse culture and offer a range of Employee Resource Groups (Culture). Have a side hustle? No problem. We love entrepreneurs! Most importantly, come as you are and make your own way.

About us...

GoDaddy is empowering everyday entrepreneurs around the world by providing the help and tools to succeed online, making opportunity more inclusive for all. GoDaddy is the place people come to name their idea, build a professional website, attract customers, sell their products and services, and manage their work. Our mission is to give our customers the tools, insights, and people to transform their ideas and personal initiative into success. To learn more about the company, visit About Us.

At GoDaddy, we know diverse teams build better products—period. Our people and culture reflect and celebrate that sense of diversity and inclusion in ideas, experiences and perspectives. But we also know that’s not enough to build true equity and belonging in our communities. That’s why we prioritize integrating diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging principles into the core of how we work every day—focusing not only on our employee experience, but also our customer experience and operations. It’s the best way to serve our mission of empowering entrepreneurs everywhere, and making opportunity more inclusive for all. To read more about these commitments, as well as our representation and pay equity data, check out our Diversity and Pay Parity annual report which can be found on our Diversity Careers page.

GoDaddy is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. GoDaddy will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with local and federal requirements. Refer to our full EEO policy._

Our recruiting team is available to assist you in completing your application. If they could be helpful, please reach out to myrecruiter@godaddy.com.

GoDaddy doesn’t accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies.

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