Head of AI

Eight Sleep is the first sleep fitness company. At Eight Sleep we design products at the forefront of sleep innovation. Our mission is to make people’s sleep count for more, using innovative technology, minimalistic design, and proven clinical science to personalize and improve each night for everybody—changing the way people sleep forever and for better.

Our temperature-regulated technology, the Pod, is an absolute game changer. It improves people's health and happiness by changing the way they sleep. The Pod was recognized two years in a row by TIME's “Best Inventions of the Year.” It is available for purchase in North America and internationally. Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors including Valor Equity Partners, Founders Fund, Khosla Ventures and Y Combinator, we’ve raised over $150 million (Series C) to date. We were recognized as one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies in Consumer Electronics in 2019, 2022, and 2023.

Role Description

We are looking for a Head of AI to innovate our core product features. You will be responsible for using AI to uplevel the personalization, dynamic learning, and insight capability of our products. The ideal candidate has an impressive track record of shipping impactful AI products, and experience building/leading ML/DS/DE teams. Your work will improve the lives of hundreds of thousands of users and will further our core mission of improving sleep and saving lives.

How You’ll Contribute

• Lead a team that applies AI to our core software and hardware products
• Decide on the best model/architecture to use for each application, and lead the implementation of it
• Coordinate with the software/ML Ops team to incorporate design into production
• Advance the field of AI for sleep and health, and publish your work at top conferences and journals
  
  

What You'll Need To Succeed

• Degree in Computer Science or Engineering with 5+ years of industry experience
• Strong technical & coding background
• Excellent Python and object-oriented coding skills
• Strong experience designing, training, and evaluating modern ML/deep learning architectures with a good understanding of statistical techniques
• Experience with LLMs
• Experience working with time-series data
• Experience leading and building a world class team
  

At Eight Sleep we continually celebrate the diverse community different individuals cultivate. As an equal opportunity employer, we stay true to our values by ensuring everyone feels they can flourish and grow. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.