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Director AI Engineer

San Jose, CA, USFull-time$269k–$335k2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10
Visa sponsorship offered

Core

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

Role type

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

Builds

Proprietary AI platforms, foundation model training/inference pipelines, and enterprise AI capabilities

Domain

Financial Services / Applied AI & Machine Learning

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

AI/ML algorithm development, foundation model optimization, LLM inference, vector search, model governance, technical strategy, team leadership, cross-functional partnership

Preferred skills

Agentic AI systems, cloud platform deployment (AWS/GCP/Azure), multi-team organization scaling, AI platform strategy, hardware right-sizing

Technologies

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

Responsibilities

Oversee AI software component lifecycle (training, inference, guardrails, evaluation), make build-vs-buy decisions, establish Responsible AI standards, scale engineering practices, mentor high-performing teams

Seniority

Director, strategic leadership with hands-on technical execution