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Director, AI Engineer (Remote Eligible)

San Francisco, CA, US🌐 Remote💼 Full-time💰 $244,700–$244,700🗓 2026-09-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable, responsible AI systems and foundation models to transform banking experiences and empower internal teams.

Role type

Director, AI Engineering (Hands-on IC with people leadership)

Builds

Proprietary AI platforms, foundation model training/inference systems, and enterprise AI capabilities for millions of customers.

Domain

Banking / Applied AI & Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AI/ML algorithm development, foundation model optimization, LLM inference, vector search, model governance, technical roadmap planning, team leadership, build-vs-buy strategy, cloud platform deployment, hardware/software optimization

Preferred skills

Agentic AI systems, multi-team organization leadership, cross-functional operating rhythms, regulatory framework execution, right-sizing models/hardware

Technologies

AWS Ultraclusters, Huggingface, VectorDBs, PyTorch, Python, C++, C#, Java, CUDA, Golang

Responsibilities

Partner with cross-functional teams to deliver AI-powered products; oversee full lifecycle of AI software components; make build-vs-buy decisions; invent optimization techniques for production systems; contribute to technical vision and roadmap; attract and retain top talent; scale AI engineering practices; establish Responsible AI standards; partner with risk/compliance teams.

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution

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