[Hiring] VP of Engineering @IV AI, Inc

Role Description

IV.AI is looking for a passionate, skilled, and driven VP of Engineering to join our growing team. This role is ideal for someone who thrives on solving hard problems, values clean architecture, and is eager to make an impact across the entire technical direction of the org. The role will be reporting directly into the CTO and will also take on management of engineering resources too.

• Lead and scale the engineering team through strategic hiring, mentoring, and performance management
• Write and ship production code regularly - this is a hands-on technical leadership role
• Work directly with Product Managers to define and execute the technical roadmap
• Refine engineering processes, workflows, and best practices
• Drive architectural decisions and ensure technical excellence across all systems
• Partner with executive leadership to set technical vision and prioritize engineering initiatives
• Manage engineering budgets, resource allocation, and capacity planning
• Foster a strong engineering culture focused on innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement
• Own system reliability, performance, and security across the entire technology stack
• Report on engineering metrics, team health, and project progress to the CTO and executive team

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of engineering management experience
• Strong experience with one of the following: Python or TypeScript
• Strong communication skills - written and verbal
• A collaborative spirit and desire to work cross-functionally
• Someone who is passionate about software engineering and mentoring/managing engineers

Requirements

• Experience with AWS, GCP, or other cloud providers (Nice to Have)
• Comfort working in a startup or fast-moving environment (Nice to Have)
• Contributions to open source or side projects (Nice to Have)

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
• Family Leave (Maternity, Paternity)
• Work From Home

Company Description

IV.AI is the world's leading language processing AI platform. We have grown fast, but aim to retain our scrappy nature that enabled us to build big AI models that outperform the industry standards.

• We help people become smarter by using AI or data generated by AI models.
• IV.AI takes problems that were previously too complex to manage and makes them easy to solve via high-quality data, easy to use tools and experienced, helpful teams.
• Our inclusive culture values people regardless of their background, education or upbringing.
• In just 5 years, IV.AI has built a scalable platform with 100s of AI solutions for Fortune 500 companies.
• Being professional and respectful of clients and coworkers is of the utmost importance.
• Our employees are constantly problem-solving and assessing their own output to maximize delivery.