VP of Engineering

Job Title: VP of Engineering
Location: Remote (U.S. Time Zones Preferred)
Compensation: $250,000 base salary + equity
Company Stage: Series C Startup

We're looking for a VP of Engineering to lead our technical team at the forefront of machine learning innovation. This is a high-impact leadership role for someone who thrives in fast-moving environments, is deeply technical, and is excited to build systems, teams, and strategy from the ground up.

• Define and scale the engineering org structure, hiring plan, and career development frameworks

• Own and drive technical strategy, system architecture, and long-term scalability of our ML platform

• Lead by example-you'll be hands-on when needed, and always available as a mentor and technical guide

• Champion engineering excellence in coding standards, model reliability, testing, and observability

• Establish robust MLOps practices-from CI/CD pipelines to real-time model monitoring and governance

• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, research, and business leadership to align technical decisions with company goals

• Foster a high-performing, inclusive, and async-first engineering culture
  
  

• Languages: Python (LangChain, PyTorch, TensorFlow, FastAPI), TypeScript

• LLM & AI Tools: LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Transformers, OpenCV, HuggingFace, scikit-learn

• Infra & MLOps: AWS, GCP, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CI/CD (GitHub Actions, Argo)

• Databases: PostgreSQL, Redis, Neo4j

• Monitoring & Observability: Prometheus, Grafana, Weights & Biases, Sentry
  
  

• 8+ years of experience in engineering, with at least 3+ years in a leadership capacity (Director/VP level)

• Proven track record of building and scaling ML infrastructure and engineering teams (10+ engineers ideally)

• Hands-on experience deploying ML/AI systems at scale, with strong Python and system design expertise

• Familiarity with LLMs, agentic AI, RAG pipelines, and MLOps tooling

• Experience in venture-backed startups or other high-growth, fast-paced environments

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non-technical team.
  

Oscar Associates Limited (US) is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.