Founding Engineering Lead

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a pod of three to four engineers, supporting their growth, performance, and hiring while remaining hands-on with key projects.
• Own platform architecture and make build-versus-buy and infrastructure decisions.
• Establish engineering standards for AI-assisted development, including code review, completion criteria, release cadence, and on-call practices.
• Lead technical design and initial implementation of new initiatives.
• Evaluate applied ML research and determine what is ready for production systems.
• Partner with the CTO on product roadmap, model strategy, and the engineering approach.
• Lead hands-on engineering for an applied AI and enterprise software team, shaping the technical architecture and product direction alongside the CTO and founders. You will guide a small engineering pod while personally building critical systems and helping turn machine learning into production products.

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