Director AI (AI Engineering)

TL;DR

Director AI (AI Engineering): Leads multiple teams and managers, ensuring health, high performance, and alignment to service line priorities, and leads architecture for large Azure AI programs with an accent on connecting business goals to cloud modernization roadmaps, defining architecture frameworks, and guiding multi-team execution. Focus on promoting strong engineering, automation, and AI-assisted practices, mentoring architects, and building an inclusive engineering culture.

Location: Remote (US). Cannot sponsor applicants for work visas.

Salary: $168,400 - $252,600 USD

Company

hirify.global is a company that values experimentation, candid feedback, and collective growth and success in delivering outstanding experiences and solutions for clients.

What you will do

• Lead multiple teams and managers, ensuring health, high performance, and alignment to service line priorities.
• Lead architecture and technical strategy for large Azure AI programs and portfolios.
• Define modernization blueprints and reference architectures across applications, platforms, and data.
• Translate business and product strategy into cloud architecture roadmaps and execution plans.
• Provide architectural oversight during delivery through design reviews, forums, and governance.
• Mentor Senior Architects, Delivery Architects, and senior engineers, helping them grow systems thinking and architectural judgment.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience delivering solutions in application development, cloud platform engineering, DevOps, or data and analytics, including significant work at enterprise scale.
• 7+ years of experience in solution architecture and leading development or engineering teams.
• Proven ability to oversee delivery of complex, enterprise-scale AI/ML programs.
• Deep expertise across AI agents & orchestration, search & retrieval, LLM operations, Responsible AI, and Azure AI platforms.
• Experience with modern development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, Cursor) and relevant Azure or Databricks certifications.
• Must be based in the US and cannot be sponsored for work visas.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible work location with a virtual-first approach.
• 401(K) with match up to 50% of your 6% contributions.
• Generous PTO providing a minimum of 15 days in addition to 9 paid company holidays and 2 floating personal days.
• Two medical plan options, plus vision and dental coverage.
• 100% employer-paid coverage for life and disability insurance.
• Paid leave for birth parents and non-birth parents.
• Option for Healthcare FSA, HSA, and Dependent Care FSA.
• $67.00 monthly tech and home office allowance.