💼 About This Role

You'll lead the application engineering strategy and execution for a proactive AI chat app. Your core impact is turning ML capability into reliable, fast user experiences across backend, mobile, and desktop platforms. This role offers high autonomy with a small, senior team and direct partnership with ML leadership.

🎯 What You'll Do

• Own application engineering strategy across backend, mobile, and desktop.
• Lead and grow a small, senior applications engineering team.
• Set architectural direction for AI-powered product workflows and APIs.
• Ensure AI capabilities integrate with clear abstractions and graceful failures.

📋 Requirements

• Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems.
• Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems in production.
• Experience delivering AI-powered products with understanding of model integration trade-offs.
• Excellent system design skills across services, APIs, clients, and data flows.

✨ Nice to Have

• Comfort operating across platforms (backend, mobile, desktop).
• Proven ability to make high-impact technical decisions under ambiguity.
• Strong bias toward shipping and iteration.

🎁 Benefits & Perks

• 🚀 High autonomy with a small, senior team.
• 🌍 Remote-first work culture.
• 💡 Direct partnership with ML leadership.
• 📈 Impact at scale on a product used globally.

📨 Hiring Process

Estimated timeline: 2-3 weeks

1. 1Recruiter Screen· 30 min
2. 2Technical Interview· 60 min
3. 3Onsite / Virtual Panel· 90 min
4. 4Offer Decision· 15 min