AI Engineering Director — Scale High-Growth Teams (Remote)

Jack and Jill AI; Remote; GBP 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A high-growth AI cybersecurity startup is seeking an Engineering Director to co-lead the engineering organization alongside the CTO. The role involves scaling the team significantly, focusing on operational excellence, and ensuring engineering decisions prioritize customer value. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in leading engineering teams within fast-paced environments and possess a solid background in ML/AI leadership, emphasizing revenue impact and customer satisfaction over traditional metrics.

Benefits

Significant equity upside

Opportunity to build AI-native engineering culture

Partnership with CTO

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience scaling engineering teams from 20 to 100+ people.
• Proven background in ML/AI engineering leadership.
• Business-minded leader focused on revenue impact and customer value.

Responsibilities

• Drive day-to-day engineering operations across multiple product teams.
• Directly manage technical leads and engineers, focusing on performance.
• Build scalable systems and processes for fast delivery while ensuring excellence.

Skills

Leadership

ML/AI Engineering

Team Management

Operational Excellence

Customer Value Focus

Job description

A high-growth AI cybersecurity startup is seeking an Engineering Director to co-lead the engineering organization alongside the CTO. The role involves scaling the team significantly, focusing on operational excellence, and ensuring engineering decisions prioritize customer value. Ideal candidates should have extensive experience in leading engineering teams within fast-paced environments and possess a solid background in ML/AI leadership, emphasizing revenue impact and customer satisfaction over traditional metrics.