Tech Lead (AI)

TL;DR

Tech Lead (AI): Translating product ideas and data science capabilities into production-ready AI solutions with an accent on speed, pragmatism, and production quality. Focus on end-to-end architecture design, pod leadership, and operationalizing AI features with monitoring and scalability.

Location: Remote from Latin America (contractors located in LATAM)

Salary: $3,300–$5,000 USD monthly

Company

AI product company shipping data science-powered features for business value.

What you will do

• Lead technical design and implementation of AI product features from concept to production.
• Own architecture for AI solutions including data flows, model integration, APIs, and app integration.
• Act as technical lead for cross-functional AI pod, breaking down requirements into prototypes and guiding iterations.
• Collaborate with Product and Data Science to integrate models into product workflows and provide feasibility feedback.
• Ensure production-grade features with monitoring, guardrails, A/B testing, and responsible AI practices.
• Mentor engineers, define standards, and promote reusable AI components and patterns.

Requirements

• Located in LATAM and comfortable in English-speaking environment.
• BS/MS in Computer Science, Engineering, or related.
• 5+ years software engineering, leading complex systems.
• Strong experience with production APIs, backend services, Python + one backend language (Java, Node.js, Go).
• Cloud-native architectures (AWS, GCP, Azure), data pipelines, model serving, observability.
• Work in fast-moving, iterative product environments.

Nice to have

• AI-first or data-driven product teams.
• LLM platforms, prompt engineering, agent frameworks.
• Operationalizing ML models, experimentation platforms, A/B testing.
• Agile or product-led development.