Director of AI Engineering

Job Description

Director of AI Engineering

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

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Compensation: $200-250K + bonus

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US Citizens/GC Holders Only; No Visa Sponsorship

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Responsibilities

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

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

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Required

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

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