Director, AI Platforms

. Set the direction for the AI Platforms team, with a clear roadmap balancing internal needs with product direction .

Posted 10/15/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $216,500 - $318,500 per yearWebsite

Key responsibilities & impact

Set the direction for the AI Platforms team, with a clear roadmap balancing internal needs with product direction
Lead and scale the team through strategic hiring and development of current team members
Build and evolve the shared AI platform, including model access and routing, agent runtime, MCP integrations, evals, agent identity, and cost controls
Define and own AI end-user platforms enabling a multiplayer ecosystem working alongside agents
Partner with core teams to evolve the Agentic PDLC, including tools, environments, review practices, and workflows for AI-assisted software development
Extend the platform from internal productivity to member-scale product AI inference and AI-powered features
Drive adoption through paved paths, reusable skills and components, champions, and enablement
Partner with Security, Privacy, and Legal on data handling, auditability, and safeguards
Define and report outcomes including adoption, quality, cost per outcome, and time to ship
Review designs, unblock teams, and make build-versus-buy decisions as models and tooling evolve
Report to the Chief Information Security Officer and partner across the leadership team

What you’ll need

10+ years of engineering experience
5+ years experience leading engineering teams that build platforms or infrastructure used by other engineers
Experience building and operating production AI systems, such as agentic workflows, large language model (LLM) integrations, retrieval, and evaluation
Working knowledge of MCP and agent orchestration, including how agents connect to internal systems with appropriate controls
Familiarity with AI inference in production, including serving, latency, reliability, provider management, and cost
Experience driving the adoption of new engineering practices across a large engineering organization through influence, without becoming the bottleneck
Hands-on technical judgment: comfortable reviewing architecture, setting technical direction, and staying close to implementation
Comfort working where the platform, the operating model, and the product use cases are all taking shape at once, and a clear communicator with both executives and engineers
Nice to have: experience with consumer-scale mobile products or privacy-sensitive data

Comp & perks

Medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans (100% paid for employees)
Paid parental leave
401(k) plan with company matching program
Mental Wellness Program & Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental well-being
Generous time off: flexible PTO, companywide holidays throughout the year plus summer and winter shutdowns
Learning & Development programs
Equipment, tools, and reimbursement support for a productive remote environment
Free Life360 Platinum Membership and Tile trackers
Restricted Stock Units (RSUs)
Comprehensive financial and other benefits