Head of AI

Engineering

  • California

  • $

    220,000 Per Year

  • Permanent

Reference: 44827

Business Sector: Software Engineering

Description

Head of AI Engineering
Series C | AI SaaS | Toronto

We’re working with a high-growth AI company building the next generation of applied AI products for large enterprise customers.

They’re hiring a Head of AI Engineering to lead a new incubation team focused on developing and scaling agent-driven products from 0 ? 1.

This is a true player-coach role, combining hands-on technical work with team building and leadership.

Toronto-based. Remote initially, moving onsite.

The role
  • Define and execute AI engineering strategy alongside founders
  • Build and lead a high-performing AI engineering team
  • Design and scale ML systems from research through to production
  • Develop and launch agent-based applications in real-world environments
  • Own infrastructure for training, deployment, and monitoring
  • Partner with product and business teams to ship impactful features

What you’ll bring
  • Strong backend engineering foundation with ML/AI experience
  • Experience leading and growing AI/ML teams
  • Hands-on experience training and deploying models at scale
  • Deep understanding of agentic systems and orchestration
  • Experience building production-grade ML pipelines and infrastructure
  • Strong technical leadership and ability to mentor teams

Nice to have
  • Experience with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, etc.)
  • Background in large-scale data systems
  • Experience working closely with founders or senior leadership

Why it’s interesting
  • High-impact, 0 ? 1 product build
  • Direct access to founders and strategy
  • Blend of deep technical work and leadership
  • Opportunity to shape a new AI product line

Package
  • $200,000 – $300,000 + equity
  • Health benefits
  • Long-term incentives