Engineering Director

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Engineering Director co-leading the engineering organization at a startup focused on generative AI and cybersecurity. Collaborating with the CTO to scale the team and drive customer-focused engineering.

Responsibilities:

  • Co-Lead Engineering with Daily Partnership: Work in extreme sync with our CTO through daily collaboration
  • Drive Customer-Focused Engineering: Ensure all engineering decisions prioritize customer impact and revenue generation
  • Lead and Scale Engineering Operations: Take full ownership of day-to-day engineering coordination across 4 product teams
  • Build Exceptional Engineering Culture: Directly manage technical leads and the broader engineering team
  • Drive Cross-Team Coordination: Solve the "middle layer" coordination challenges
  • Enable Technical Excellence: Work closely with technical leads to maintain code quality
  • Scale Through Growing Pains: Navigate the inevitable challenges of hypergrowth with grace

Requirements:

  • Proven ML/AI Engineering Leadership: 5+ years in engineering leadership with hands-on experience scaling engineering teams at ML/AI/DataScience product companies
  • Proven Scaling Experience: Direct experience scaling engineering teams from 20-100+ people
  • Technical Credibility: Strong technical background with ability to review code and contribute to architecture discussions
  • Customer-Obsessed Leadership: Proven track record of leading engineering teams with a customer-first mindset
  • Exceptional People Leadership: Proven track record of managing and developing engineering teams
  • Coordination Mastery: Experience solving complex cross-team coordination challenges
  • True Partnership Mindset: Thrives in daily collaboration and joint decision-making
  • Hypergrowth Mindset: Comfort operating in fast-paced, ambiguous environments

Benefits:

  • Ambitious Challenge
  • Expert Team
  • Impactful Work
  • Build an AI-native Company
  • Leadership Growth