Technical Lead, AI Platform (AI)

TL;DR

Technical Lead, AI Platform (AI): Leading the squad building and operating hirify.global's shared AI infrastructure with an accent on model serving, LLM integration, and inference pipelines. Focus on building AI gateway, guardrails, evaluation frameworks and cost management.

Location: Must be based in the United States

Company

hirify.global has helped over 1 million entrepreneurs start and run their businesses and transforming to an AI-powered operating system for entrepreneurs.

What you will do

• Lead the squad that builds and operates hirify.global's shared AI infrastructure.
• Provide the foundational capabilities that product squads use to ship AI-powered features.
• Own the infrastructure, tooling, and shared services that make AI capabilities possible, reliable, and cost-effective.
• Build AI Gateway and Inference Layer with model routing, rate limiting, and cost controls.
• Establish AI engineering practices, code standards, and on-call rotation for AI infrastructure.

Requirements

• Production AI Infrastructure Experience: You have built and operated AI/ML infrastructure in production.
• LLM Application Development: You have built real applications using LLMs (Claude, GPT, or similar).
• Claude Code Native: You use Claude Code (or similar AI coding tools) daily.
• Platform Thinking: You design systems that other engineers consume.
• Cost and Scale Awareness: You understand the economics of AI inference at scale.
• You have led a small team or been a strong tech lead.
• Business Orientation: You measure success by business metrics.
• Must be based in the United States

Nice to have

• Experience building AI/ML platforms at growth-stage companies ($50M to $500M).
• Background in e-commerce, legal tech, fintech, or compliance-heavy industries.

Culture & Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision).
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D).
• Virtual Wellness Resources.
• Work From Home.