Vice President of Artificial Intelligence

Rise Technical; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 250,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking an elite engineering leader to own the federal engineering division for a fast-growing autonomous security startup. You will bridge advanced AI research with mission-critical deployments in federal environments, shaping how autonomous cyber operations are deployed at scale.

The role focuses on building the Federal Engineering team, designing secure multi-agent frameworks, and ensuring strict compliance with federal standards.

Qualifications

• In-depth experience leading engineering teams in startups.
• Proven track record building production-grade AI/LLM systems.
• Strong ability to align research with federal stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Build and direct the Federal Engineering team from architecture to deployment.
• Design secure, scalable multi-agent frameworks for high-compliance federal environments.
• Translate advanced agentic architectures into rugged federal solutions.
• Drive alignment with FedRAMP and GovCloud constraints.
• Partner with leadership to shape product roadmaps and GTM execution.

Skills

Executive leadership

Federal engineering

LLM systems

Multi-agent architectures

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.

In this role, you will bridge the gap between advanced AI research and mission-critical enterprise deployments.

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