VP of Product Engineering

interface.ai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 260,000 - 360,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full health benefits (medical, dental,

401(k) & financial wellness

Daily meals

Commuter benefit

Wellness stipend

Claude Enterprise tools

SF office on 21st floor with views

Parental leave

Mental health benefits

Mission-driven team

Job summary

interface.ai is seeking a senior engineering leader to own the product-engineering half of the organization, guiding member-facing and consumer surfaces where real users interact with AI-driven experiences. You will shape architecture, quality, and speed while cultivating a high-trust, AI-native culture in fintech.

The role combines hands-on architecture with people leadership, including recruiting and scaling the org as the company grows, with a focus on delivering production-grade consumer

Qualifications

• 10+ years engineering experience.
• 4–6 years in leadership at high-growth startups / scale-ups.
• Experience scaling a team through a funding transition.

Responsibilities

• Own the product-engineering half of the org, overseeing member-facing and consumer domains.
• Participate in architecture discussions, code reviews and PRs while building the org.
• Lead recruiting and establish high-trust, AI-native culture.
• Collaborate across leadership to align on strategy and delivery.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Scale-up experience

Staff/Chief Engineer influence

Education

BS/BA in CS

MS/PhD a plus

Tools

TypeScript

Python

Job description

About interface.ai

Interface.ai is building the AI infrastructure for financial services — bringing agentic AI and conversational AI to the credit unions and community banks that serve everyday Americans. We're not a lab, we're not a demo company, and we're not burning runway on hypotheticals. We are in production, generating real revenue, and on a mission that actually matters: democratizing financial wellness for the millions of people who've never had a private banker.

A company with ~$30M in contracted ARR and already cash-flow positive, we're at the inflection point — proven product, paying customers, and a team ready to scale. The next chapter is building the engineering organization that can take us there.

The Role

You own the product-engineering half of the org — the member-facing, consumer, and product-surface domains where what we build is felt by real people (member-facing agents across voice and chat, the Nexus product surfaces, and the BankGPT consumer experience). You build and scale that org, hold quality while moving fast, and come out with a high-trust, AI-native culture. A player-coach role at the start: in the architecture discussions, code reviews, and late-Friday PRs, while building the org and running recruiting. The ideal candidate is a scaled founder or senior engineering leader deeply at home in fintech, consumer finance, or a neobank — someone who has shipped consumer products at scale.

Areas You Could Work On

• Engineering org design & growth for the product-engineering domains — build a world-class team and the rituals that keep a fast team aligned.
• Velocity & quality — processes, tooling, and culture to ship fast without momentum-killing tech debt. Consumer & member-facing product engineering — the agent library, money-movement and servicing flows, chat / conversion, and the consumer experience.
• AI-native engineering culture — embed Claude Code, Cursor, and frontier models as standard.
• Recruiting & talent brand for your half of the org; partner Bruce on architecture and Srinivas on product.

What We're Looking For

• 10+ years engineering; 4–6 in leadership at high-growth startups / scale-ups; scaled a team through a funding transition
• Domain commonality (required): fintech / consumer finance / neobank or consumer-at-scale; conversational / CX software also relevant.
• Preferred: ex-founder who scaled a consumer or fintech startup (strong preference, not a bar).
• Still technical — reviews PRs, makes architecture calls, holds their own with a Staff / Chief Engineer.
• Extreme AI fluency at the infra level; has built an AI-native engineering culture.
• Production-scale TypeScript and/or Python; strong people leadership and product intuition. BS/BA in CS required; MS/PhD a plus

Benefits

• 100% paid health, dental & vision care
• 401(k) & financial wellness perks
• Daily meals on us
• Commuter benefit
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Claude Enterprise + frontier AI tools for every employee — build with the best
• Brand-new 21st-floor SF office at 44 Montgomery — floor-to-ceiling views, worth showing up to
• Discretionary PTO + paid parental leave
• Mental health, wellness & family benefits
• A mission-driven team shaping the future of banking

Why interface.ai

Series A · $30M raised · Cash-flow positive — we're not burning cash hoping the product works. It works. Customers are live, revenue is real, and the mission is one you can explain to your family without a slide deck.

You'll work directly with Bruce Kim (CTO / Co-Founder), who sets the technical bar and goes deep on the hardest problems, and Srinivas Njay (CEO), who is hands-on daily across product and engineering. Founding-team-tier equity, top-of-market base, comprehensive benefits, and a modern San Francisco office worth showing up to. The team is small enough that your judgment shapes everything, and the market is large enough that what you build will matter for a long time.

interface.ai is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees