Founding Engineering Lead
About the Role
Lead engineering for an early-stage SaaS team building applied AI products for enterprise software. You will own architecture and technical direction while staying hands-on, partnering with company leadership on product and machine learning strategy.
What You'll Do
Build and lead a pod of three to four engineers, supporting their growth, performance, and hiring while shipping critical work yourself.
Own platform architecture and make build-versus-buy and infrastructure decisions.
Set engineering standards for AI-assisted development, including review criteria, definition of done, release cadence, and on-call practices.
Lead technical designs and initial implementations for new initiatives.
Assess applied machine learning approaches and distinguish research that can support live systems from more speculative ideas.
Partner with company leadership on product roadmap, model strategy, and machine learning direction.
What We're Looking For
At least 5 years of engineering experience, ideally as a technical founder, founding engineer, staff-level individual contributor, or technical le
