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FRACTIONAL CTO / AI STRATEGY @Human Intelligence

[Hiring] FRACTIONAL CTO / AI STRATEGY @Human Intelligence

1wk ago - Human Intelligence is hiring a remote FRACTIONAL CTO / AI STRATEGY. πŸ’Έ Salary: hourly rate πŸ“Location: Northern America, Latin America (LATAM), Europe, Australia and New Zealand, Southern Asia

Role Description

Seeking elite AI & architecture advisors β€” fractional CTO roles for hourly support.

Title: FRACTIONAL CTO / AI STRATEGY β€” Remote (Contractor)

Location: Remote β€” Global availability welcome, especially candidates located in offshore-friendly regions aligned with Western Europe, U.S., Canada, Australia, Latin America, Israel, Singapore, Malaysia, and Southeast Asia.

Employment type: Contractor

Who You Are

  • You are a senior technical executive β€” CTO, Head of AI, or Principal/Distinguished Engineer.
  • You excel in guiding AI product direction and high-stakes architectural decisions.
  • You bring depth in AI deployment at scale, offer crisp, actionable guidance, and communicate with clarity.
  • You can zoom out to strategy and zoom into technical details, producing artifacts that help leaders move quickly and safely.
  • You share your experience in AI development, AI strategy, and scalable AI production systems to form strategies and accelerate the company’s AI roadmap and de-risk decision making.

Your Experience Includes

  • LLM & Multi-Agent Systems (safety, evals, retrieval, tool-use, orchestration, cost/latency engineering)
  • MLOps & Data Platforms (feature stores, pipelines, governance, labeling/feedback loops)
  • AI in Regulated Health (privacy, DPIA/TRA, clinical safety, audit trails)
  • SRE/Cloud Economics (SLOs, incident management, cost/performance tradeoffs)
  • Security & Privacy (threat modeling for AI systems, secrets management, data minimization)
  • Product & Growth (AI monetization, pricing, usage metering, partner integrations)

Your Responsibilities

  • Provide clear advice-to-decision paths for new and extending projects.
  • Propose or review AI strategy and implementation pathways.
  • Reference architectures, playbooks, and guardrail policies; risk registers; buy/build/partner matrices; vendor RFPs.
  • Conduct quality checks.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience; prior CTO/Head of AI/Distinguished AI Engineer; shipped AI at scale; strong communication skills.
  • Extensive proof of Python & FAST API projects, utilizing extensive LLM APIs in production systems.
  • Scaled AI/ML systems above 1M users.
  • Handled (managed and built) complex data pipelines.

Nice-to-have

  • Experience in regulated healthcare or clinical AI (privacy frameworks, DPIA, compliance, audit requirements).
  • Prior advisory, fractional, consulting, or board-level support experience for engineering or AI teams.

Compensation

  • Hourly Rate
  • Engagement term: Typically 6–12 months with flexible scope and deliverables.
  • Payment & contractor terms: Independent Contractor status only. Payment in USD via bank direct deposit. Hourly invoicing. No employee benefits.

How to apply

  • Submit two artifacts you authored (ADR, design deck, audit, or similar) plus a short Loom explaining an AI decision you shaped and the measurable impact it produced.
  • A 16-minute self-initiated AI video interview and personality profile survey result must be submitted.
  • Selected candidates will join a short design review clinic and onboarding discussion.

Closing note

Join a curated council of senior experts influencing major AI architecture decisions. We prioritize clear thinking, high-impact guidance, and rapid decision cycles β€” please apply with artifacts and a concise Loom.

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