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AI Engineering Lead/Manager
Cricut INC · 🇺🇸 South Jordan, UT, US
Sponsorship verdict
Sponsorship possible
One solid signal, not two — worth applying, and worth asking about sponsorship early.
- Employer is on a government sponsor recordThe US Department of Labor certified 20 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 2 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
- The posting doesn’t mention sponsorshipSilence isn’t a refusal — ask the recruiter before investing much time.
- No salary bar for this routeH-1B has no fixed salary bar: the employer must pay at least the prevailing wage for the role and area. Cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level. Source: https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2025/12/29/2025-23853/weighted-selection-process-for-registrants-and-petitioners-seeking-to-file-cap-subject-h-1b, rules effective 2026-02-27.
- What Cricut INC paid sponsored hires in similar roles2 certified filings for “Manager, Test Development Engineer” (Architectural and Engineering Managers) in UT: $147k–$147k, median $147k. Most were filed at wage level II (100%) — 2 lottery entries, ≈31% projected selection odds for cap-subject employers. Source: US Department of Labor LCA disclosure data (Oct 2025 – Jun 2026).
- Confirmed live todayWhen a source last listed this job as open.
US H-1B: cap-subject employers enter a lottery weighted by wage level — Level I gets 1 entry, Level IV gets 4 (DHS projected selection odds ≈15% at Level I to ≈61% at Level IV). Universities and non-profit research employers are cap-exempt. The $100,000 fee for new petitions from abroad is currently blocked by a court order (appeal pending).
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Sponsor Radar — Cricut INC
The US Department of Labor certified 20 H-1B/E-3 labor condition applications for this employer between Oct 2025 and Jun 2026 (latest Jun 2026) — the step every H-1B hire needs first. USCIS also records 2 H-1B approvals in FY2023. Source: LCA disclosure data (US Department of Labor (OFLC)).
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About the role
We are seeking an experienced AI Engineering Lead/Manager to lead a team that builds and ships AI-powered features across our client-facing applications. You will bring hands-on experience integrating AI capabilities, such as AI image generation, agentic actions, and Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, into production software used by customers. This role blends technical leadership, hands-on engineering, and strong business sense: you will partner closely with Product Management to define features and shape the roadmap, then lead your team in turning that vision into reliable, delightful experiences. Job Description • Lead and grow a team of engineers building AI-powered features into our client applications, setting technical direction and a high bar for quality. • Partner closely with Product Management to define AI features and shape the product roadmap, balancing customer value, business impact, technical feasibility, and cost. • Architect and deliver end-to-end integrations of AI capabilities into client-facing software (e.g., AI image generation, agentic actions and workflows, and MCP-based tool and data integrations). • Stay hands-on: write, review, and ship production code, and help your team work through the hardest technical problems. • Evaluate models, vendors, and APIs (hosted and open-source), making pragmatic build-vs-buy recommendations based on quality, latency, cost, and reliability. • Establish practices for evaluating and monitoring AI features, including evals, quality metrics, guardrails, and user feedback loops. • Build AI experiences that are safe and trustworthy, addressing content safety, privacy, prompt injection, and responsible AI considerations. • Collaborate with UX on intuitive interaction patterns for AI features, including handling latency, uncertainty, and failures gracefully. • Work with data and ML partners to understand model training, fine-tuning, and data pipelines, and translate those capabilities into product opportunities. • Ship behind feature flags with progressive rollout and kill-switches, validating new behavior with production telemetry before ramping. • Own the health of AI features through telemetry by tracking adoption, output quality, latency, cost per request, and defect trends. • Champion agentic coding tools in your team's daily workflow (AI-assisted code review, automated test generation) while maintaining code quality, security, and human oversight. • Mentor engineers, lead effective code reviews, and foster a culture of learning and experimentation. • Stay current on the rapidly evolving AI landscape and recommend adoption where it would meaningfully improve our products or team. • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field. • 5+ years of hands-on, professional software development experience in one or more of: Angular, Kotlin, Swift, C#, or Python. • 2+ years of experience as a technical lead or engineering manager, leading engineers to deliver customer-facing software. • Proven experience integrating AI-based features into client-facing production software, such as AI image generation, agentic actions, LLM-powered experiences, or MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations. • Practical experience with AI/LLM APIs and SDKs (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Google Gemini, Stability AI, or open-source models), including prompt design, tool/function calling, and structured outputs. • Solid understanding of production AI tradeoffs, including latency, cost, reliability, evaluation, and safety. • Strong business sense, with a track record of partnering with Product to define features, prioritize a roadmap, and measure outcomes. • Experience designing and consuming REST APIs and integrating client applications w