Engineering Lead - AI & Infrastructure

The SeventhHire LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

The SeventhHire LLC is seeking an exceptional, hands-on engineering leader to build and scale an AI-native engineering organization in a fast-paced startup environment.

The ideal candidate is a founding engineer or technical founder from a high-growth AI startup, combining deep engineering depth with leadership potential and end-to-end ownership.

Qualifications

• 4–10 years of strong software engineering experience.
• Early/founding engineer at a leading AI company that successfully scaled.
• Proven experience hiring engineers, setting technical standards, and scaling teams.
• Strong builder/founder mindset with end-to-end ownership.
• Experience shipping AI-native products while remaining hands-on with code.
• Strong CS fundamentals, architectural judgment, and technical curiosity.
• Comfortable operating in an intense, fast-paced startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale an AI-native engineering organization.
• Hire and mentor engineers across teams.
• Define technical standards and architecture for scalable systems.

Skills

AI infrastructure

Distributed systems

Product engineering

Hiring engineers

Ownership

Hands-on coding

CS fundamentals

Startup environment

Job description

We're looking for an exceptional, hands-on engineering leader to build and scale an AI-native engineering organization.

What We're Looking For:

• 4–10 years of strong software engineering experience.
• Early/founding engineer at a leading AI company that successfully scaled.
• Deep technical expertise across AI infrastructure, distributed systems, and product engineering.
• Proven experience hiring engineers, setting technical standards, and scaling teams.
• Strong builder/founder mindset with demonstrated end-to-end ownership.
• Experience shipping AI-native products while remaining hands-on with code.
• Strong CS fundamentals, architectural judgment, and technical curiosity.
• Comfortable operating in an intense, fast-paced startup environment.

Ideal Candidate:

A founding engineer or technical founder from a high-growth AI startup who combines exceptional engineering depth with leadership potential.