Global Engineering Director (AI)

TL;DR

Global Engineering Director (AI/People Tech): Designing and building a ground-up agent-native People & Culture infrastructure to replace traditional HR SaaS with an AI-first operating model with an accent on agentic orchestration, jurisdiction-aware data architecture, and autonomous workflows. Focus on implementing LLM-based reasoning for employee experiences, developing a unified real-time data layer, and applying agentic development practices to scale engineering impact.

Location: São Paulo, Mexico City, Bogotá, or US (Palo Alto, Miami, or Virginia)

Company

The world's largest digital banking platform outside of Asia, serving over 127 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia.

What you will do

• Design the architecture for an agent-native People & Culture platform to automate hiring, onboarding, payroll, and compliance.
• Architect a global, jurisdiction-aware data layer to serve as the substrate for AI reasoning and predictive analytics.
• Apply agentic development practices to the engineering process, using agents to write, test, and deploy code to maintain a lean team.
• Lead the development of AI-powered employee experiences, including intelligent copilots and autonomous support channels.
• Define the comprehensive HR platform roadmap and determine the balance between custom builds and strategic integrations.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of senior technical leaders to execute the vision of an agent-native stack.

Requirements

• 10+ years in software engineering and technology leadership, owning large-scale production systems from architecture to operation.
• Deep fluency in data architecture and canonical data modelling for complex, multi-jurisdictional environments.
• Hands-on experience designing agentic systems, LLM-based reasoning, and multi-agent orchestration.
• Proven track record of leading platform or infrastructure products used by other internal teams.
• Ability to scale impact through leverage, tooling, and automation rather than increasing headcount.
• Strong engineering management skills for hiring and developing senior technical talent.

Nice to have

• Experience building products that operate across multiple legal jurisdictions with regulatory constraints.
• Background in developer platforms, internal tooling, or B2B SaaS with a focus on API design and data contracts.
• Familiarity with the People & Culture domain from a product builder's perspective.
• Experience operating within high-growth technology companies in ambiguous environments.

Culture & Benefits

• AI-first mandate, treating the internal People Tech team as a frontier lab for agentic systems.
• Mission-driven culture focused on fighting complexity and empowering people.
• Culture of intellectual honesty that challenges inherited industry assumptions.
• Opportunity to work at a globally recognized, highly innovative digital banking platform.
• High-leverage work environment that defaults to automation over manual process.