Sr. Director Engineering (AI)

TL;DR

Sr. Director Engineering (AI): Leading the architecture and delivery of AI-driven products powered by Large Language Models (LLMs) and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) with an accent on conversation intelligence, natural language processing, and enterprise-scale SaaS. Focus on scaling advanced AI systems, and delivering human-centric solutions with real-world impact.

Location: USA - CA - Palo Alto

Salary: $248,700 - $342,000

Company

hirify.global is one of the largest B2B AI-native companies that drives business outcomes across multiple industry verticals and enables the largest global deployments.

What you will do

• Lead and inspire multiple engineering teams building hirify.global’s next-gen conversational AI platforms and products.
• Drive the architecture, implementation, and optimization of systems leveraging LLMs and Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) frameworks to enhance conversational intelligence and accuracy.
• Partner with Product, Data Science, and Design to define and execute a product roadmap aligned with business goals and customer needs.
• Build scalable architectures that support LLM fine-tuning, inference, prompt engineering, and RAG pipelines in production environments.
• Own end-to-end software delivery: planning, execution, release, quality, and operational excellence.

Requirements

• 12+ years of engineering experience with progressive leadership responsibilities.
• 5+ years of experience leading multi-team engineering organizations at the Senior Director or equivalent level.
• Proven success delivering AI/ML-driven products, LLM-based systems, and scalable RAG pipelines in production.
• Deep understanding of LLM fine-tuning, retrieval pipelines (vector search, embeddings), model optimization, and latency/performance tradeoffs.
• Expertise in modern software architecture, cloud-native platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), and CI/CD.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Culture & Benefits

• Be part of a high-growth leader in one of the most exciting fields in AI.
• Work with brilliant and collaborative teams on cutting-edge technology.
• Drive innovation that is transforming enterprise customer experience.
• In addition to competitive base pay, this position also includes an annual incentive opportunity based on target achievement, pre-IPO stock options, benefits including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with a match, and more, plus generous paid time off, paid holidays, paid day off for your birthday and other paid leave policies to support employees through all phases of life.