AI-First Fintech Engineering Leader

Oscar Faye; New York (NY); On-site; USD 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Job summary

Oscar Faye is seeking a VP of Engineering to unite engineering across core lending, payments, data, and AI/ML into a single organization with a shared roadmap. You will report to the CEO, own technical direction and spend, and build a director layer under you to determine AI integration into products.

The candidate brings 12+ years in engineering, scalable leadership experience in fintech, and a proven track record of shipping ML/LLM systems into production in regulated environments.

Qualifications

• 12+ years in engineering.
• 5+ years leading leaders across multiple product lines.
• Scaled org to 30–150+ engineers.
• Shipped production systems in regulated financial services.
• Launched ML/LLM systems to production.
• Background in high-growth fintech or AI labs.
• Able to participate in architecture reviews.

Responsibilities

• Run engineering across several business lines with a unified roadmap.
• Own technical direction, delivery and engineering spend.
• Build the director layer and decide where AI goes in the product.

Skills

People leadership

Org scaling

Financial services

ML/LLM production

Fintech/AI lab

Architecture reviews

Job description

Oscar Faye is seeking a VP of Engineering to unite engineering across core lending, payments, data, and AI/ML into a single organization with a shared roadmap. You will report to the CEO, own technical direction and spend, and build a director layer under you to determine AI integration into products.

The candidate brings 12+ years in engineering, scalable leadership experience in fintech, and a proven track record of shipping ML/LLM systems into production in regulated environments.