Director of Engineering

Director of Engineering

Company: Confidential — venture-backed technology companyLocation: New York, NY or London (in person 4 days per week)Compensation: $385,000 - $550,000 base; total compensation $1M - $1.5M with equityEmployment Type: Full-timeVisa Sponsorship: Visa sponsorship available (H-1B, O-1, OPT)

About the Company

The client helps regulated enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies and top global banks, deploy AI that is reliable, secure, observable and production-ready, with evaluation frameworks, real-time guardrails, hallucination checks and red-teaming. Experian is among its public customers.

Founded in 2021, the client closed a $19M Series A and is growing toward 100 people.

The Role

The client is hiring a Director of Engineering to scale its engineering organization from about 25 people to a significantly larger, globally distributed team, with direct accountability for hiring, leadership development, operating cadence and technical execution.

What You Will Do

• Build out engineering from roughly 25 to 100+ people across regions.
• Hire and develop engineering leaders.
• Set operating cadence and technical execution standards.
• Provide credibility across AI engineering and production deployment infrastructure.
• Represent engineering externally through technical communication.

What You Bring

• Scaled an engineering org from about 25 to 100+ people with direct accountability
• Global, distributed team leadership
• Technical depth across AI engineering and deployment infrastructure
• Post-Series B scaling experience at a high-growth company
• Top-tier university background

Nice to Have

• Experience at leading AI-native or infrastructure companies

Benefits

Total compensation $1M-$1.5M including equity.

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