Proven Leadership: 8+ years of software engineering experience. 3+ years leading software engineering teams. 3-5+ years building and deploying AI-powered products or platforms in production environments. Demonstrated success operating as a technical leader in a player-coach capacity.
AI Engineering Expertise Strong hands-on experience building and operating:
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Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems
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AI orchestration frameworks
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AI evaluation and monitoring systems
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Production machine learning services
Modern AI Platform Experience
Experience working with technologies such as:
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Azure OpenAI and/or AWS Bedrock
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LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, or similar orchestration frameworks
Architectural Acumen: Proven ability to architect and scale distributed systems, AI platforms, and customer-facing software products. You have a track record of navigating technical complexity while making pragmatic tradeoffs between speed, reliability, maintainability, and cost.
AI Product Mindset: Experience translating ambiguous business problems into AI-enabled products that deliver measurable customer value.
Empathetic & Accountable: A self-driven, accountable leader who thrives in an autonomous, fast-paced environment and leads with empathy, compassion, and a people-first approach.
Exceptional Communicator: You excel at communicating complex technical concepts, AI capabilities, risks, and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences.
Modern AI Experience: Deep understanding of modern AI technologies including:
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AI safety and governance considerations