VP of Engineering — Open-Source AI Infra (Remote)

Project NANDA; Boston, Northern (MA, KY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous conference and travel budget

Fully remote / async-friendly

Job summary

Foundation for Agentic Networks (FAN) is hiring a VP of Engineering to shape the engineering org, technical direction, and public presence. You will report to a board member with a defined path to CTO based on milestones.

You’ll own technical direction across FAN's portfolio, ship production-grade open-source software, and grow a 5–15 person team. Fully remote with Boston-area presence optional.

Qualifications

• Have 5+ years building software, with experience leading engineering teams of 5–15.
• Are still hands-on — this is a working leadership role, not a pure manager seat.
• Have shipped infrastructure, protocols, or developer platforms (distributed systems, registries, SDKs, or similar).
• Are fluent with modern AI/agent frameworks — MCP, A2A, LangChain, CrewAI, or comparable.
• Have a public technical track record — code, talks, papers, or community work we can find.
• Have worked in or alongside open-source communities and can move work forward across organizational lines.

Responsibilities

• Technical direction across FAN's portfolio — Project NANDA and related initiatives; set architecture and shared infrastructure standards.
• Shipping: turn working-group specs into production-grade open-source software and grow the engineering team.
• External technical voice: represent FAN at summits, working groups, and standards conversations; co-author papers and specs.
• Team: hire the next 3–5 engineers and set the working bar.
• Partnership with Board members on roadmap, priorities, and key technical calls.

Skills

Leadership

Hands-on leadership

Open-source engagement

AI/agent frameworks

Public technical track record

Job description

Foundation for Agentic Networks (FAN) is hiring a VP of Engineering to shape the engineering org, technical direction, and public presence. You will report to a board member with a defined path to CTO based on milestones.

You’ll own technical direction across FAN's portfolio, ship production-grade open-source software, and grow a 5–15 person team. Fully remote with Boston-area presence optional.