Director of AI-Native Engineer
Core
Define the operating model, standards, and architecture for AI-first product development across the organization while leading multiple AI-native engineering teams.
Role type
Director of AI-Native Engineering (Senior IC + Team Leadership)
Builds
Scalable AI-native systems, agentic systems, orchestration, and multi-step workflows for global financial services.
Domain
Fintech / Global Payments / AI Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
AI-native development strategy, scaling engineering teams, backend/full-stack architecture, agentic systems design, production monitoring for AI, cross-functional stakeholder management, technical authority, hiring and talent development
Preferred skills
Fintech/regulated environment experience, distributed systems, Kafka/RabbitMQ/SQS, cloud-native microservices, frontend technologies (React/Angular)
Technologies
Kafka, RabbitMQ, SQS, React, Angular
Responsibilities
Lead and scale multiple AI-native engineering teams; define AI-native engineering strategy and best practices; own end-to-end delivery from problem definition to production; partner with Product, Design, and business stakeholders; establish architecture and code quality standards; drive adoption of AI-first development methodologies; build evaluation and observability frameworks; mentor engineers and managers; define operating models for AI Pods; hire and retain top engineering talent
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical judgment
