Director of Engineering

Recruitment Room; New York (NY); Sur place; USD 385 000 - 550 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Equity package included

Visa sponsorship available

Hybrid work arrangement

Résumé du poste

Dynamo AI seeks a Director of Engineering to lead the expansion of the engineering organization from 25 to 100+ engineers, guiding global teams across AI infrastructure and deployment.

This executive role owns engineering hiring, organizational design, and performance standards, partnering with founders on strategy while operating in a hybrid model with four in-person days in New York or London.

Qualifications

• Experience scaling an engineering organization from 25 to 100+ people with hiring accountability.
• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams in startup or high-growth environments.
• Strong credibility across AI engineering and deployment infrastructure.
• Experience scaling beyond early-stage teams.
• Experience building and developing engineering leaders.
• Excellent public-facing communication with customers and partners.
• Ability to work with founders on organizational and technical strategy.
• Education from a highly regarded university or equivalent demonstrated caliber.
• Based in or willing to relocate to New York, NY or London, UK.
• Ability to work in person four days per week, with Tuesday or Friday remote.

Responsabilités

• Lead the engineering organization through rapid growth while maintaining execution quality.
• Scale from 25 to 100+ engineers with effective structure.
• Design and evolve globally distributed engineering organization.
• Establish management layers and cross-functional coordination.
• Build and develop engineering leaders.
• Establish planning and operating rhythms for engineering.
• Define hiring standards, onboarding, and performance expectations.
• Build a culture with high execution standards during scale.
• Ensure collaboration across AI and deployment engineering teams.
• Provide technical leadership across AI engineering, ML, deployment, and production infra.
• Engage with technical leaders across AI development and production systems.
• Shape the technical organization to support reliable, scalable AI products.
• Maintain high engineering standards across architecture and operations.
• Partner with founders on strategy and headcount planning.
• Influence product development and go-to-market decisions.
• Represent engineering with customers, partners, and the tech community.
• Serve as a public-facing technical leader for the company.

Connaissances

Engineering Leadership

Organizational Design

Engineering Scaling

Technical Strategy

AI Engineering

Machine Learning

Production Infrastructure

Engineering Operations

Distributed Engineering

Engineering Hiring

Leadership Development

Performance Management

Technical Culture

Product Engineering

Executive Leadership

Technical Communication

Formation

University degree from a highly regarded institution

Description du poste

Director of Engineering

Employment Type: Full-Time
Work Arrangement: Hybrid
Location: New York, NY or London, UK
Experience: 5+ years
In-Office Requirement: 4 days per week

Compensation

Base Salary: $385,000–$550,000 per year

Total Compensation: $1,000,000–$1,500,000, including equity

Equity: Equity package included

Visa Sponsorship: H-1B, O-1, and OPT sponsorship available

About the Company

Dynamo AI builds infrastructure and software that help enterprises deploy AI systems that are reliable, secure, observable, scalable, and production-ready.

The company provides AI infrastructure, evaluation frameworks, and real-time guardrails that enable regulated enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies and global financial institutions, to operationalize AI at scale.

About the Role

We are seeking a Director of Engineering to lead the continued expansion of the engineering organization from approximately 25 people toward a significantly larger, globally distributed team.

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Key Responsibilities

Engineering Organization & Scaling

• Lead the engineering organization through a period of rapid growth while maintaining execution quality and operating discipline.

• Scale the organization from approximately 25 engineers toward 100+ engineers.

• Design and evolve the organizational structure required to support a globally distributed engineering function.

• Establish effective management layers and cross-functional coordination mechanisms.

• Build and develop engineering leaders across the organization.

Engineering Operations

• Establish engineering planning and operating rhythms.

• Define prioritization frameworks, hiring standards, onboarding processes, and performance expectations.

• Build an engineering culture capable of maintaining high execution standards as the organization scales.

• Ensure effective collaboration across AI engineering and deployment engineering teams.

Technical Leadership

• Provide technical leadership and judgment across AI engineering, machine learning, deployment, and production infrastructure.

• Engage substantively with technical leaders across both AI development and production systems.

• Help shape the technical organization required to support reliable, scalable AI products.

• Maintain strong engineering standards across architecture, development, deployment, and production operations.

Executive & External Leadership

• Partner directly with the founders on organizational strategy and engineering headcount planning.

• Influence decisions affecting product development and go-to-market strategy.

• Represent the engineering organization with customers, partners, and the broader technical community.

• Serve as a credible public-facing technical leader for the company.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience scaling an engineering organization from approximately 25 to 100+ people, with direct accountability for hiring, organization ...

• Experience leading globally distributed engineering teams in a startup or high-growth environment.

• Strong technical credibility across both AI engineering and deployment/production infrastructure.

• Experience operating through a significant organizational scaling phase beyond an early-stage engineering team.

• Strong experience building and developing engineering leaders.

• Excellent public-facing communication skills and the ability to represent engineering with customers, partners, and technical audiences.

• Demonstrated ability to work closely with founders and executive leadership on organizational and technical strategy.

• Education from a highly regarded university or equivalent demonstrated caliber through professional experience.

• Based in or willing to relocate to New York, NY or London, UK.

• Ability to work in person four days per week, with either Tuesday or Friday available as the remote day.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience at a company of comparable scale during Series D or Series E, ...

• Experience building engineering organizations spanning AI research, applied machine learning, and production deployment.

• Experience as a founding or early engineering leader who successfully transitioned an organization from an early-stage team into a larger-scale engineering function.

• Experience operating in highly technical, AI-native, or rapidly scaling technology companies.

Key Skills

• Engineering Leadership

• Organizational Design

• Engineering Scaling

• Technical Strategy

• AI Engineering

• Machine Learning

• Production Infrastructure

• Engineering Operations

• Distributed Engineering

• Engineering Hiring

• Leadership Development

• Performance Management

• Technical Culture

• Product Engineering

• Executive Leadership

• Technical Communication

What Success Looks Like

Success in this role means building an engineering organization capable of scaling rapidly without sacrificing technical quality, execution speed, engineering culture, or organizational clarity.

You will establish the leadership structure, operating systems, hiring standards, and technical culture required to grow a globally distributed engineering organization while partnering directly with the founders on the company's next stage of product and organizational development.

Interview Process

1. Conversation with the CEO

2. Conversation with the CPO

3. Work trial

4. Final review and offer