Lead Edge AI Engineer

Weare5vtech; Remote; GBP 149,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

A venture-backed technology company is seeking a Lead Edge AI Engineer to own the edge-AI engineering roadmap. This senior role requires expertise in deploying AI/ML systems and proficiency in programming languages such as Rust, Go, C++, or Python. You'll architect systems for on-device inference and local training, collaborating closely with product and infrastructure teams. The position offers competitive compensation and equity, with significant influence over technical direction in a cutting-edge environment.

Benefits

Competitive compensation

Equity options

Reward scheme for referrals

Qualifications

• Deep experience deploying AI/ML systems in real-world edge environments.
• Strong proficiency in Rust, Go, C++, or Python.
• Solid understanding of distributed systems, federated learning, or privacy-preserving AI.
• Experience working with edge compute constraints and hardware runtimes.
• Proven track record delivering complex systems end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Architect and prototype edge-AI pipelines for training, inference, and cross-device collaboration.
• Build developer-facing APIs and SDKs that hide distributed complexity.
• Optimize performance across constrained and diverse hardware.

Skills

AI/ML systems deployment

Rust

Go

C++

Python

Distributed systems

Federated learning

Privacy-preserving AI

Job description

Lead Edge AI Engineer

Location:Remote (Must be based in NA)

$200,000 – $300,000 + equity

We’re working with a venture-backed technology company buildingfoundational infrastructure for an edge-first AI world- where intelligence runs directly on devices, vehicles, robots, and satellites, not in distant cloud data centers.

Their mission is to make edge-native AIprivate, verifiable, collaborative, and resilient by design. Instead of centralized control, they’re enabling AI systems that can train, adapt, and operate across distributed environments - even when the cloud is unavailable.

This is deep, systems-level work at the intersection ofedge computing, AI infrastructure, and distributed systems, backed by real-world deployments rather than prototypes or slide decks.

AsLead Edge AI Engineer, you’ll own the edge-AI engineering roadmap and help define how AI is developed, deployed, and verified across decentralized environments.

You’ll design and build systems that enable:

• On-device inference and local training
• Federated and collaborative learning across devices
• Adaptive compute pipelines on heterogeneous hardware

This is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role with real influence over architecture, standards, and developer experience.

What You’ll Do

• Architect and prototypeedge-AI pipelinesfor training, inference, and cross-device collaboration
• Builddeveloper-facing APIs and SDKsthat hide distributed complexity behind elegant abstractions
• Optimize performance acrossconstrained and diverse hardware(GPUs, NPUs, embedded accelerators)
• Integrate AI workloads withprivacy-preserving and verifiable computation frameworks
• Partner closely with product, research, and infrastructure teams to shape the edge-AI developer experience
• Mentor engineers and help define a culture focused onprecision, performance, and trust

What We’re Looking For

• Deep experience deployingAI/ML systems in real-world edge environments
• Strong proficiency inRust, Go, C++, or Python
• Solid understanding ofdistributed systems, federated learning, or privacy-preserving AI
• Experience working withedge compute constraints and hardware runtimes
• Background in astartup or scale-upenvironment
• Proven track record delivering complex systemsend-to-end
• Strong curiosity aroundverifiable computing, zero-trust architectures, and data-centric AI
• First-principles thinker who wants to build infrastructure that lasts decades

Why This Role Stands Out

• Buildcore infrastructurethat defines how edge-native AI works globally
• Influence systems that may run acrossbillions of devices
• Work with a small, elite engineering team on genuinely hard problems
• High-impact role withtechnical ownership and strategic influence
• Competitive compensation with meaningful equity upside

If you’re driven by first principles, real technical ownership, and genuinely cutting-edge problems at the frontier of AI and distributed systems, this is the role for you.

Take the next step in your career and apply today!

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