VP of AI Engineering

Rise Technical Recruitment Limited; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 270,000 - 330,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401K

Healthcare

PTO

Equity

Job summary

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd. seeks a VP of AI Engineering in Boston to lead a federal engineering organization, scaling teams and delivering production-grade AI systems for secure government environments.

The role combines executive leadership with deep technical mastery in LLM and multi-agent architectures, ensuring alignment with FedRAMP and GovCloud constraints while guiding product roadmaps and organizational strategy.

Qualifications

• Proven record scaling high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced startup environments.
• Deep technical mastery in building production-grade LLM systems and multi-agent architectures.
• Exceptional communicator aligning researchers, federal stakeholders, and enterprise operators.
• US Citizen

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

AI systems

Multi-agent architectures

LLM systems

Security/compliance

Federal/ GovCloud knowledge

Job description

VP of AI Engineering (BBBH277503) Boston, Massachusetts

Salary: USD270000 - USD330000 per annum + 401K + Healthcare + PTO + Equity

VP of AI Engineering

Boston, MA (Hybrid / Remote)

$250,000 - $330,000 + Equity + Comprehensive Benefits

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:

• Proven record scaling high-performing engineering teams in fast-paced startup environments.
• Deep technical mastery in building production-grade LLM systems and multi-agent architectures.
• Exceptionalcommunicatoraligningresearchscientists,federalstakeholders,andenterpriseoperators.
• US Citizen