Senior Engineering Lead

true-talent-solutions-partners; United States; Remote; USD 200.000 - 250.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

true-talent-solutions-partners seeks a Director of AI & Tech Operations to steer the technical roadmap, lead AI/ML development, and drive production features across education tools. You will shape data pipelines, model evaluation, and cross-functional collaboration in a fast-paced startup environment.

Based remotely in the United States, you will mentor engineers, coordinate with vendors, and translate complex AI concepts for the CEO and stakeholders, guiding expansion into new subjects and

Qualifikationen

• Four to eight years of AI/ML development experience.
• Experience building end-to-end AI products from PoC to deployment.
• Experience deploying in-house models and running inference.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and MLOps (AWS/Google Cloud/Modal).
• Experience managing external contractors or vendors and communicating roadmaps.
• Proficiency in Python and modern ML tools; ability to work with non-technical stakeholders.

Aufgaben

• Own and improve AI/ML systems using CV, NLP, and multimodal analysis.
• Turn PoCs into production features for expansion beyond math to ELA and science.
• Strengthen evaluation datasets, monitoring, and observability of models.
• Coordinate with external engineering vendors to align priorities and quality.
• Explain technical plans and concepts to the CEO and other non-technical stakeholders.

Kenntnisse

AI development

Machine learning

End-to-end AI products

Dataset creation

Model deployment

Inference

LLM integrations

Communication to non-technical

Python

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

Datadog

Weights & Biases

Hugging Face

vLLM

SGLang

Modal

AWS / Google Cloud

Jobbeschreibung

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lead AI development and technical operations at an education technology startup building tools to analyze handwritten student work and help educators understand student thinking. Reporting to the CEO, you will shape the technical roadmap and help expand the platform to new subjects and grade levels.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own and improve AI and machine learning systems that use computer vision, natural language processing, and multimodal analysis.
• Develop proofs of concept into production features as the platform expands beyond math into subjects such as English language arts and science.
• Strengthen evaluation datasets, model monitoring, and performance observability.
• Coordinate with external engineering vendors to communicate priorities, support technical quality, and maintain alignment.
• Explain technical plans and complex concepts to the CEO and other non-technical stakeholders.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Four to eight years of experience in AI or machine learning development, including hands-on work building end-to-end AI products from proof of concept through deployment.
• Experience developing models through original experimentation and dataset creation, beyond integrating third-party APIs.
• Experience deploying in-house models, running inference, and working with LLM integrations.
• Knowledge of cloud infrastructure and MLOps, including AWS, Google Cloud, or Modal.
• Experience managing external engineering contractors or vendors, and communicating technical roadmaps to non-technical audiences.
• Familiarity with Python, FastAPI, Django, React, Datadog, Weights & Biases, Hugging Face, vLLM, SGLang, and related development and testing tools.
• Education technology experience is useful. Experience managing technical professionals or working in social impact sectors is also relevant.
• Ability to work US time zones and current work authorization in your country of residence. Visa sponsorship is not available.

COMPENSATION & BENEFITS

Base salary is $200,000 to $250,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.

LOCATION

Fully remote within the United States.