H2O.ai is on a mission to democratize AI for Good. As the world’s leading agentic AI company, H2O.ai converges Generative and Predictive AI to help enterprises and public sector agencies develop purpose-built Agents, SLMs, and solutions on their private data. With a focus on secure, compliant, and infrastructure-flexible Sovereign AI deployments, H2O.ai delivers solutions that align with the highest standards of data privacy and control.
Its open-source technology is trusted by over 20,000 organizations worldwide, including more than half of the Fortune 500. H2O.ai powers AI transformation for companies like AT&T, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, Wells Fargo, Bank of America, Workday, Progressive Insurance, and NIH.
For more information, visit www.h2o.ai.
About This Opportunity
H2O.ai is seeking a high-impact Manager of Software Development to lead and scale our engineering efforts. In this role, you will balance technical leadership with people management, guiding a talented team of engineers to build scalable, data-intensive applications. You will be instrumental in defining the technical roadmap, mentoring engineers, and ensuring the delivery of robust, production-grade AI solutions that empower our global customers.
This position is based in Sri Lanka.
What You Will Do
- Set direction: Define the automation roadmap in collaboration with engineering leadership; prioritize work across competing demands and communicate trade-offs clearly to stakeholders.
- Lead & grow: Hire, onboard, and develop a high-performing team across multiple streams; run 1:1s, performance reviews, and career growth conversations.
- Build & ship: Contribute to the design, development, and deployment of scalable applications using Kubernetes, Go, Python, Protobuf, gRPC, and REST API.
- Work with real-world big data: Optimize and process large datasets efficiently.
- Get hands-on with streaming data: Work with Kafka and real-time data processing.
- Deploy like a pro: Use Helm to deploy and manage Kubernetes applications.
- Work like a pro: Debug, test, and refine software to ensure high code quality and reliability.
- Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate with product, QA, platform, and data engineering teams; represent the team in planning and architecture discussions.
- Learn & grow: Work closely with seasoned Engineers and leadership who will mentor and support you.
What We Are Looking For
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field (or equivalent work experience).
- 10+ years of software development experience, with 2–3 years in an engineering leadership or management role.
- Proven experience leading small-to-medium teams across multiple streams, including hiring, mentoring, and retaining strong engineers.
- Proficiency in Java, Go, Python, Kubernetes, Protobuf, gRPC, REST API, and micro-services architecture.
- Passion for data-heavy applications and handling large datasets.
- Familiarity with microservices architecture and distributed systems.
- Ability to balance strategic roadmap thinking with day-to-day execution and team health.
- Bonus points if you've worked with Kafka or Helm (but if not, we'll help you learn!).
- Knowledge of JVM-based languages is advantageous but optional.
- A growth mindset – we don't expect you to know everything, but we expect you to be excited to learn.
Why H2O.ai?
- Market leader in total rewards
- Remote-friendly culture
- Flexible working environment
- Be part of a world-class team
- Career growth
H2O.ai is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive culture. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable law.
H2O.ai is an innovative AI cloud platform company, leading the mission to democratize AI for everyone. Thousands of organizations worldwide have utilized our cutting-edge technology across various industries. We’ve made it easy for people at all levels to generate breakthrough solutions to complex business problems and advance the discovery of new ideas and revenue streams. We push the boundaries of what is possible with artificial intelligence.
H2O.ai employs the world’s top Kaggle Grandmasters, the community of best-in-the-world machine learning practitioners and data scientists. A strong AI for Good ethos and a responsible approach to AI drive the company’s purpose.
Please visit www.H2O.ai to learn more.
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Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 7+ years of software development experience
- Experience leading small teams across multiple streams
- Proficiency in Java
- Proficiency in Go
- Proficiency in Python
- Experience with Kubernetes
- Experience with Protobuf
- Experience with gRPC
- Experience building REST APIs
- Experience with microservices architecture and distributed systems
- Passion for data-heavy applications and handling large datasets
- Experience with Kafka
- Experience using Helm
- Knowledge of JVM-based languages
- Growth mindset and eagerness to learn
What We Do
H2O.ai is the leading AI cloud company, on a mission to democratize AI for everyone. Customers use the H2O AI Hybrid Cloud platform to rapidly make, operate and innovate to solve complex business problems and accelerate the discovery of new ideas. H2O.ai is the trusted AI partner to more than 20,000 global organizations, including AT&T, Aegon/ Transamerica, Allergan, Bon Secours Mercy Health, Capital One, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, GlaxoSmithKline, Hitachi, Kaiser Permanente, PayPal, PWC and Walgreens, over half of the Fortune 500 and one million data scientists. Goldman Sachs, NVIDIA and Wells Fargo are not only customers and partners, but strategic investors in the company. H2O.ai’s customers have honored the company with a Net Promoter Score (NPS) of 78— the highest in the industry based on breadth of technology and deep employee expertise. The world’s top 20 Kaggle Grandmasters (the community of best-in-the-world machine learning practitioners and data scientists) are employees of H2O.ai. A strong AI for Good ethos to make the world a better place and Responsible AI drive the company’s purpose. Please join our movement at www.H2O.ai.
