VP of Engineering – AI

Full Description

Build, scale, and uphold the technical backbone of a global AI product - while leading by example through real systems and real code.

A1 is a self-funded AI group, operating in full stealth.

We’re building a new global consumer AI application where long-term success depends on deep technical rigor, strong execution, and disciplined engineering culture.

This is a founding executive-level engineering role.

You will personally build critical AI systems while shaping engineering culture, hiring strategy, and long-term technical direction.

This is not a pure management role - you lead by building.

Why This Role Matters

• You set the technical and cultural foundation of the AI organization

• You own AI quality, reliability, and scalability end-to-end

• You balance research ambition with real product delivery

• You act as the final technical decision-maker

What You’ll Do

• Personally build and maintain core AI infrastructure

• Design model training, evaluation, and deployment pipelines

• Debug and resolve production AI failures

• Review and merge critical PRs

• Define standards for model lifecycle and experimentation

• Design org structure and hiring strategy

• Align AI roadmap with business goals

Requirements

• 10+ years of engineering experience

• Deep ML expertise across training, tuning, and evaluation

• Proven track record shipping AI-heavy products

• Strong Python-heavy coding ability

• Experience leading engineers by example

Nice to Have

• Built ML systems from zero

• Comfortable reading and implementing research

• Strong intuition for model, data, and infrastructure tradeoffs

Our Team & Culture

We operate as a dense, senior, high-performance team.

We value clarity, speed, craftsmanship, and relentless ownership.

We behave like founders — we build, ship, iterate, and hold ourselves to a high technical bar.

If you value excellence, enjoy building real systems, and want to be part of a small team creating something globally impactful, you’ll thrive here.

About A1

A1 is a self-funded, independent AI group, focused on building a new consumer AI product with global impact. We’re assembling a small, elite team of ML and engineering builders who want to work on meaningful, high-impact problems.