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AI Engineer, Lead

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $200,000–$200,000🗓 2026-06-18 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead and mentor teams to design, build, and operate production-ready AI systems integrating models, agents, retrieval, and execution for large enterprise customers.

Role type

Senior IC AI Engineering Lead (Technical Leadership)

Builds

Production AI systems combining models, agents, retrieval, evaluation, and execution for enterprise clients

Domain

Applied AI, Enterprise Software, Cloud Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

System architecture, AI system design, team leadership, cloud systems, API design, data engineering, debugging live systems, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

Experience with self-constructing systems, AI-native working style, travel readiness

Technologies

Cloud platforms, APIs, Data engineering tools, Modern AI tools

Responsibilities

Lead and mentor AI engineering teams, Design and implement coherent production AI systems, Work directly with customer stakeholders, Operate and improve live AI systems, Integrate AI systems into customer data platforms, Take accountability for production outcomes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with leadership scope

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