About The CompanyTranslucent AI, Inc. is committed to building secure, innovative solutions that protect the confidentiality, integrity, and availability of our platform infrastructure and applications. As a leader in AI-driven cloud technologies, we take a proactive approach to ensuring robust security and compliance across our systems. Our commitment to security is at the core of our mission to provide transformative AI solutions.About The JobAs Head of AI Engineering, you'll shape and drive the technological vision and strategy for our early-stage startup, aligning our tech initiatives with core business goals. You will define our technology roadmap, lead and inspire our engineering team, and oversee the development of groundbreaking solutions.This role provides the chance to leverage your leadership expertise in building a scalable, forward-thinking platform, reporting directly to our CEO and collaborating closely with the founding team.What you’ll do: - Develop and execute the technology strategy and roadmap to align with business goals.
- Partner alongside the existing engineering resources to be a hands-on leader and build the product from zero to launch.
- Lead and manage the engineering team, ensuring the successful delivery of high-quality technology solutions.
- Oversee the architecture and design of our technology stack, ensuring scalability, security, and performance.
- Collaborate with product management to define technical requirements and ensure timely delivery of features.
- Working one-on-one with customers to create a tight feedback loop between the initial product feedback and roadmap.
- Stay abreast of emerging technologies and industry trends to drive innovation and maintain competitive advantage.
What you’ll need: - Proven experience as a Head of Engineering or in a senior technology leadership role at an early-stage startup.
- Strong technical background with expertise in software development, system architecture, platform scaling, cloud, and AI technologies.
- Hands-on development experience with the latest technologies
- Hands-on experience building data products, including ETL processes, and building, training, fine-tuning, and testing LLM and SLM models. Skilled in recommending models or frameworks to meet business needs.
- Experience having shipped genAI products in a 0-1 environment.
- Experience with data engineering strategy.
- Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to convey technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.
- PhD or MS degree in AI or computer science.
- Healthcare experience is a plus!
Who you are: - Manages Ambiguity: You deal comfortably with the uncertainty of change, and are calm and productive, even when things are up in the air.
- Owner Mindset: You take ownership, think long-term, and approach challenges with a creative, solution-oriented perspective. You proactively seek out opportunities to drive impact, make resourceful decisions, and adapt quickly to changing priorities as you work toward the company's vision.
- Drives Results: You persist in accomplishing objectives and exceeding goals despite obstacles and setbacks, while also helping others to achieve results.
- Growth Mindset and Mentorship: You lead by example and foster growth in your team, recognizing skill and potential while building a high-performing engineering organization.
You will work out of one of the following locations: - In-office: New York, NY
- Remote: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming
Additional InformationFull-time base salary range of $160,000 to $180,000 plus equity.
