Director of AI Engineering

$200k - $250k

Full-time

Open Systems Technologies

New York, NY

Director of AI Engineering

Location: New York, NY; Hybrid (Candidates MUST be local - No relocation)

Compensation: $200-250K + bonus

US Citizens/GC Holders Only; No Visa Sponsorship

Responsibilities

Drive architecture, safety boundaries, and technical direction for production-grade agentic AI systems and enterprise-wide capabilities
Own agent frameworks, orchestration (LangGraph, CrewAI), RAG pipelines, model gateways, and evaluation/observability tooling for autonomous systems
Evaluate emerging AI techniques, lead complex cross-cutting initiatives, and balance tradeoffs among safety, reliability, scale, and cost
Lead, recruit, and mentor senior engineers; handle HR processes (performance reviews, talent development); and foster a culture of technical excellence

Technology

Stack: Python, Go, TypeScript | REST, gRPC | AWS/GCP, Kubernetes, Kafka, Airflow
Agentic AI & ML: LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, PyTorch, Hugging Face (fine-tuning, embeddings, inference), Pydantic, Zod

Qualifications

Required

10+ years engineering large-scale distributed backend systems, with deep experience in LLMs, agentic workflows, and ML infrastructure
Track record leading/growing teams, mentoring senior talent, managing full SDLCs, and influencing across cross-functional boundaries
Advanced knowledge of planning, tool use, memory, streaming/async architectures, and AI-assisted development tools
Ability to drive clarity in ambiguous spaces and ship production-grade autonomous systems.

Preferred

Experience in fintech or regulated industries; background as an early technical leader/founding engineer in AI
Track record of building widely used autonomous systems or contributing to open-source AI frameworks
Hands-on experience with model fine-tuning, inference optimization, and modern application stacks (React, Mobile, CI/CD)

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