VP of Engineering – AI

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.