Technical Director (AI)

Location: Hybrid role based in the downtown Toronto office three or more days per week.

Company

hirify.global is building a platform that turns existing mobile apps and games into web-native experiences running instantly in browsers without code changes or an app store.

What you will do

• Own the platform architecture and technical roadmap, balancing performance, reliability, and cost as usage grows.
• Lead hands-on work on the most difficult technical problems from design through production.
• Design and operate an AI-native development system, including agent workflows, guardrails, and quality gates.
• Translate product and partner priorities into technical plans and own delivery of the platform behind live products and host integrations.
• Grow and lead a senior engineering team, including hiring and development.
• Represent hirify.global in partner discussions, architecture reviews, and technical due diligence.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building complex software, including experience as a Staff, Principal, or lead engineer with architectural ownership of a production system.
• Experience leading senior engineering teams.
• Deep daily fluency with AI coding agents and agentic systems, experience bringing those workflows to an entire team, and a clear approach to verifying their output.
• Demonstrated history of shipping live products in early-stage, venture-backed environments.
• Deep expertise in performance-critical, technically complex systems.
• Clear written and verbal communication and comfort working directly with the Founder in a hybrid team.

Nice to have

• Background in deep-tech, infrastructure, or developer platform companies.
• Background in gaming, ad tech, or consumer platform companies.
• Early-stage, zero-to-one experience as a founder or early technical leader taking a product from idea to live users.

Culture & Benefits

• In-person collaboration in a hybrid working model.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Group Retirement Savings Plan matching.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage, including a Health and Wellness spending account.
• Generous time off and access to leading AI tools and platforms.