Director AI Engineering Platform
Core
Lead the strategy, architecture, and operations of the AI engineering platform to enable software teams to build with AI safely and at scale.
Role type
Director, AI Engineering Platform
Builds
Foundational AI platform capabilities, AI gateway, model access, agentic development tooling, and governance frameworks.
Domain
Enterprise AI Engineering, Software Development Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
AI platform strategy, architecture design, team leadership, cost governance, CI/CD evolution, responsible AI practices
Preferred skills
Experience with agentic systems, Model Context Protocol (MCP), FinOps, enterprise security compliance
Technologies
AWS, Microsoft, Databricks, MCP, AI gateway
Responsibilities
Define and communicate the vision for the AI engineering platform; Partner with CTO and engineering leaders to prioritize platform investments; Own the multi-year roadmap and cost discipline for AI capabilities; Enable engineering teams to adopt AI-assisted and agentic development practices; Drive production-grade system design for AI-generated code and agentic workflows; Build and mentor a high-performing organization of engineering managers and specialists; Establish and enforce engineering standards for AI security, data privacy, and model lifecycle management.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on platform ownership