Vice President of Artificial Intelligence

Rise Technical; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Technical is seeking an elite engineering leader to take executive ownership of the federal engineering division for a fast-growing autonomous security startup. You will build and scale a dedicated federal engineering organization, bridging cutting-edge AI research with mission-critical deployments in high-security environments.

Reporting to the executive team, you will drive multi-agent architectures and secure execution frameworks, ensuring FedRAMP and GovCloud compliance while shaping

Qualifications

• Experience scaling high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced startup environments.
• Experience building production-grade LLM systems and multi-agent architectures.
• Exceptional communicator aligning research scientists, federal stakeholders, and enterprise operators.
• Based in Boston or comfortable with travel.

Responsibilities

• Build and direct the Federal Engineering team from architecture to deployment.
• Design secure, scalable multi-agent frameworks for high-compliance federal and defense environments.
• Translate advanced agentic architectures and planning loops into ruggedized federal solutions.
• Drive technical alignment with strict security standards, FedRAMP, and GovCloud constraints.
• Partner with leadership to shape product roadmaps and go-to-market execution.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Team scaling

AI systems

Communication

Job description

Are you an elite engineering leader with deep expertise in production-grade AI systems, looking to take executive ownership of a high-growth autonomous security and defense tech startup's federal engineering division?

This is an opportunity to join a fast-growing, venture-backed organization scaling next-generation autonomous multi-agent platforms designed for continuous adversarial validation and automated security operations across complex infrastructures. Reporting directly to the executive team, you will build, scale, and lead a specialized federal engineering organization tasked with adapting cutting-edge agentic architectures, continuous self-training loops, and automated execution frameworks for high-security, compliance-heavy government environments.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between advanced AI research and mission-critical enterprise deployments. You will lead high-caliber engineers building resilient, scalable architectures that operate seamlessly under modern security constraints, ensuring our autonomous systems meet the rigorous standards demanded by high-stakes operations.

This role would suit a visionary engineering leader who has navigated the line between advanced machine learning systems and federal compliance, and wants to define how autonomous cyber operations are deployed at scale.

The Role:

• Build and direct the Federal Engineering team from architecture to deployment.
• Design secure, scalable multi-agent frameworks for high-compliance federal and defense environments.
• Translate advanced agentic architectures and planning loops into ruggedized federal solutions.
• Drive technical alignment with strict security standards, FedRAMP, and GovCloud constraints.
• Partner with leadership to shape product roadmaps and go-to-market execution.

The Person:

• Experience scaling high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced startup environments.
• Experience building production-grade LLM systems and multi-agent architectures.
• Exceptional communicator aligning research scientists, federal stakeholders, and enterprise operators.
• Based in Boston or comfortable with travel