Director of Engineering

Company: Confidential - Series A enterprise AI safety company
Location: New York, NY or London (in person 4 days per week)
Compensation: $385,000 - $550,000 base; total compensation $1M - $1.5M with equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Visa sponsorship available (H-1B, O-1, OPT)

About the Company

A Series A company that helps regulated enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies and global banks, deploy AI that is reliable, secure and observable, with evaluation frameworks, real-time guardrails and red-teaming.

The Role

Our client is hiring a Director of Engineering to scale its engineering organization from about 25 people to a significantly larger, globally distributed team, with direct accountability for hiring, leadership development, operating cadence and technical execution.

What You Will Do

• Build out engineering from roughly 25 to 100+ people across regions.
• Hire and develop engineering leaders.
• Set operating cadence and technical execution standards.
• Provide credibility across AI engineering and production deployment infrastructure.
• Represent engineering externally through technical communication.

What You Bring

• Scaled an engineering org from about 25 to 100+ people with direct accountability
• Global, distributed team leadership
• Technical depth across AI engineering and deployment infrastructure
• Post-Series B scaling experience at a high-growth company
• Top-tier university background

Nice to Have

• Experience at leading AI-native or infrastructure companies

Benefits

Total compensation $1M-$1.5M including equity.