Director of Engineering

About the Role
Lead and scale the engineering organization at a growing AI risk management company. You will shape engineering hiring, leadership, and operating practices across AI engineering and deployment engineering, partnering closely with company leadership.
What You'll Do

- Scale the engineering organization through significant growth while maintaining strong execution and operating tempo.

- Develop engineering leaders and establish management layers and coordination practices for a globally distributed team.

- Set planning rhythms, prioritization frameworks, hiring standards, onboarding practices, and performance expectations.

- Represent engineering capabilities in conversations with customers, partners, and the technical community.

- Partner with company leadership on organizational strategy, headcount planning, product development, and go-to-market decisions.

What We're Looking For

- At least five years in engineering leadership, including direct accountability for growing an organization from around 25 to more than 100 people.

- Experience managing engineering teams of 40 or more and leading distributed teams across multiple regions.

- Technical depth across AI engineering and deployment or production infrastructure.

- Experience building leadership teams and cross-functional structures at a high-growth company during a post-Series B scaling phase.

- Ability to communicate technical capabilities credibly to external audiences.

- Strong academic background from a highly regarded university.

Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $325,000 to $365,000 USD annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
Hybrid, based in London, United Kingdom. In-office four days per week, with either Tuesday or Friday remote.
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