Head of AI Devices & Systems

Raycon, Inc; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% team discount on Raycon products

L&D stipend $1,500 annually

StubHub gift card $200

Team-building budget

Monthly team lunch + snacks

March Madness bracket

Annual charity event

Job summary

Raycon, Inc. seeks a Director of AI to own the technical backbone of our AI-powered devices, overseeing hardware-software integration, vendor relationships, and the engineering team driving Raycon’s AI device portfolio.

The role partners with the VP of Product and cross-functional teams to accelerate development and shipping of AI-enabled devices. The ideal candidate has deep experience in firmware/embedded, mobile and backend stacks, and a proven ability to build scalable programs while

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering with ownership of hardware-connected products (firmware/embedded).
• Experience working with China-based hardware vendors and overseas manufacturing partners.
• Track record of managing and scaling engineering teams (hiring, mentoring, setting technical bar).
• Fluency across mobile native (Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin/Java) and hybrid (React Native/Flutter) and backend (Node.js/TypeScript).
• Familiarity with iOS/Android tech stacks and cloud infrastructure.
• Excellent communication translating tech tradeoffs to management and vice versa.
• Customer-focused mindset and bias for speed with attention to detail.
• Experience building scalable engineering programs and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead software engineering team and scale headcount to meet product roadmap.
• Own hardware-software integration architecture from firmware to cloud AI processing.
• Manage vendor relationships with China-based hardware and component vendors.
• Translate product vision into a concrete technical roadmap with the VP of Product.
• Communicate tradeoffs clearly to management and translate priorities for engineers.
• Establish fast feedback loops from customer signals while maintaining stability.
• Implement code review, testing, and release processes to scale with the portfolio.

Skills

Hardware-connected products

Team leadership

Communication skills

Customer-first mindset

Bias for speed

Cross-functional collaboration

English proficiency

Tools

Swift (iOS)

Kotlin/Java (Android)

React Native / Flutter

Node.js / TypeScript

Terraform / CloudFormation

PostgreSQL / Objection.js

Koa

Job description

Raycon, Inc. seeks a Director of AI to own the technical backbone of our AI-powered devices, overseeing hardware-software integration, vendor relationships, and the engineering team driving Raycon’s AI device portfolio.

The role partners with the VP of Product and cross-functional teams to accelerate development and shipping of AI-enabled devices. The ideal candidate has deep experience in firmware/embedded, mobile and backend stacks, and a proven ability to build scalable programs while