Director of Engineering Company: Confidential — venture-backed technology company Location: New York, NY or London (in person 4 days per week) Compensation: $385,000 - $550,000 base; total compensation $1M - $1.5M with equity Employment Type: Full-time Visa Sponsorship: Visa sponsorship available (H-1B, O-1, OPT) About the Company The client helps regulated enterprises, including Fortune 500 companies and top global banks, deploy AI that is reliable, secure, observable and production-ready, with evaluation frameworks, real-time guardrails, hallucination checks and red-teaming. Experian is among its public customers. Founded in 2021, the client closed a $19M Series A and is growing toward 100 people. The Role The client is hiring a Director of Engineering to scale its engineering organization from about 25 people to a significantly larger, globally distributed team, with direct accountability for hiring, leadership development, operating cadence and technical execution. What You Will Do • Build out engineering from roughly 25 to 100+ people across regions. • Hire and develop engineering leaders. • Set operating cadence and technical execution standards. • Provide credibility across AI engineering and production deployment infrastructure. • Represent engineering externally through technical communication. What You Bring • Scaled an engineering org from about 25 to 100+ people with direct accountability • Global, distributed team leadership • Technical depth across AI engineering and deployment infrastructure • Post-Series B scaling experience at a high-growth company • Top-tier university background Nice to Have • Experience at leading AI-native or infrastructure companies Benefits Total compensation $1M-$1.5M including equity. Before you apply: get a free recruiter-readiness score for your resume at CareerStanding — about a minute, no signup, and your resume stays in your browser.