Director of Core Product & AI Engineering

Albert Invent Corp.

Oakland (CA)

Hybrid

USD 180,000 - 300,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Job summary

Albert is seeking a Director of Engineering, Core Product to shape the heart of Albert OS. You will lead a tight team of 8–10 engineers, own the full application layer from frontend to backend, and align the ontology and data model with product strategy to enable chemists and AI to reason together.

You will drive a three-layer model migration, set engineering standards, and ship agentic experiences across primary workflows.

Qualifications

Led engineering teams for 8+ years.
Built products where removing AI would break the product.
Experience with AI-enabled products.
Experience with complex full-stack systems.
Strong opinions about data models and ontology.

Responsibilities

Develop product surfaces from first principles for a product where AI is present everywhere.
Own the engineering execution of Albert's ontology, partnering with product and AI teams.
Build and lead the Core Product engineering team, hiring senior engineers and developing tech leads.
Set and hold the bar for engineering practices, quality standards, and velocity.
Own the APIs, backends, and frontend of the core product, coordinating with platform and infra teams.
Stay hands-on, prototyping and shipping alongside the team while scaling leadership.
Drive migration to a three-layer model and ship agentic experiences across primary workflows within 12 months.