Chief AI Platform & Infra Architect

interface.ai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 400,000 - 500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Executive compensation

Job summary

Interface.ai is seeking an AI platform engineer to lead the platform and infra teams, owning the AI-native core including the agent runtime, retrieval/evals, and integrations. You will guide architecture, design scalable systems, and raise the bar for reliability and quality across the organization.

You’ll work hands-on with TypeScript and Python, mentor engineers, and partner with product to ship production-grade AI infrastructure for financial services customers.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in engineering roles or equivalent
• 4–6 years in leadership at high-growth startups / scale‑ups
• Experience building AI/native platform/infra teams
• Hands-on platform background with production AI systems
• BS/BA in CS; MS/PhD a plus

Responsibilities

• Own the platform/infra org design and growth.
• Lead AI-native platform: LLM orchestration, retrieval, evals, integrations.
• Define tooling, gates, and reliability practices.
• Foster AI-native engineering culture and scalable architectures.
• Collaborate with architecture and product leadership on strategy.

Skills

Engineering leadership

AI/agentic systems

LLM infrastructure

Production AI ops

TypeScript / Python

Education

BS/BA in CS

MS/PhD a plus

Tools

Distributed systems

API design

Cloud architecture

Observability/monitoring

Job description

Interface.ai is seeking an AI platform engineer to lead the platform and infra teams, owning the AI-native core including the agent runtime, retrieval/evals, and integrations. You will guide architecture, design scalable systems, and raise the bar for reliability and quality across the organization.

You’ll work hands-on with TypeScript and Python, mentor engineers, and partner with product to ship production-grade AI infrastructure for financial services customers.