Head of Engineering - Build & Lead AI at an Early-Stage Startup
Head of Engineering - Build & Lead AI at an Early-Stage Startup
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Job Description
Company: Stealth AI Startup (Backed by Top US Accelerator)
Location: RemoteFriendly (CET or PST timezone overlap preferred)
Salary: Competitive Equity Clear CTO Growth Path
About the Company:
One of our clients is a fastgrowing AI startup providing instant actionable winloss insights to toptier sales teams. Their platform reveals exactly why companies win or lose deals empowering strategic decisionmaking in real time across the revenue organization.
They were selected for the Techstars Workforce Development Accelerator 2024 and recently raised a $1.2M preseed round backed by Unusual Ventures Boom Capital and other leading investors. With strong traction in the US and a globally distributed team theyre now building out their core engineering function to scale their product and AI systems.
The founding team is looking for a handson Head of Engineering to blend technical leadership with active coding. This role offers a clear trajectory toward CTO giving you the opportunity to directly shape the product team and engineering culture. Youll work closely with a globally distributed founding team and collaborate across product and gotomarket functions.
Role Overview:
As Head of Engineering youll lead the development of a robust AIpowered platform. Youll be responsible for building and mentoring a worldclass engineering team owning the technical roadmap and ensuring the scalability and reliability of all systems.
Key Responsibilities:
- Build & Lead the Engineering Team Recruit mentor and develop a highperforming team (backend frontend AI/ML testing).
- HandsOn Development & Technical Leadership Actively write code architect solutions and lead by example.
- Own Product Delivery & Technical Roadmap Translate product requirements (PRDs) into actionable sprints.
- Ensure AI Scalability & Reliability Build productionready LLM systems vector search and MLOps pipelines.
- Strategic Collaboration Align closely with founders and stakeholders to build solutions that drive customer impact.
Who Were Looking For:
A proactive entrepreneurial engineering leader with strong technical fundamentals and the drive to step into a CTO role.
MustHave:
- Proven experience leading AI/ML engineering teams
- Strong coding background in Python (plus TensorFlow or PyTorch)
- Handson experience deploying AI systems in production (LLMs vector DBs cloud platforms)
- Comfortable working in startup environments fastpaced iterative and ownershipdriven
What They Offer:
- Real Ownership & Equity Significant equity as a founding engineering leader
- Clear Path to CTO Build the technical foundation team and systems from the ground up
- Global Collaboration Work with experienced founders across time zones
- High Autonomy Lead decisions that shape the future of the product and company
- Competitive Package Strong base salary equity and performance incentives
Employment Type
Full Time
