CareerPlan

Vice President, Engineering and AI Innovations

USRemoteFull-time$233k2026-06-15 → 2026-11-12
Hybrid

Core

Lead the evolution of Five9's AI Insights, Agent Assist, and GenAI Studio products, expanding feature sets and capabilities for enterprise customers.

Role type

VP of Engineering, AI Innovations (Strategy & Leadership)

Builds

Cloud contact center AI products (Agent Assist, AI Agents, Conversational Analytics) for enterprise SaaS customers

Domain

Cloud Contact Center (CCaaS) + Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models | product features

Required skills

Engineering management (10+ years), AI/ML/GenAI strategy, LLM integration (RAG, function calling, multi-agent), distributed systems design, SRE principles, cross-functional leadership

Preferred skills

Applied ML for NLP/ASR/TTS, GCP experience, security/compliance in CCaaS (SOC2, GDPR, HIPAA)

Technologies

Java, JVM, AWS/GCP/Azure, REST/gRPC, Terraform, GitHub Actions/Jenkins/Spinnaker

Responsibilities

Define long-range engineering strategy for AI products, lead high-performing teams across disciplines, manage large multi-quarter programs and budgets, drive architectural modernization, partner with executive leadership and customers

Seniority

Executive (VP), strategy & mentorship