Head of Artificial Intelligence
Head of Applied AI
San Francisco – Onsite
Base $250 – 400k + Equity
FutureTech Recruitment is partnered with a high-growth, VC-backed AI company building an AI Operating System for enterprises – a reasoning engine that understands, learns, and acts across an entire organisation. The platform embeds deeply into business workflows, connecting data, people, and processes into a single context-aware system designed for high-stakes decision-making.
The company has scaled rapidly to seven-figure ARR in under six months, with significant enterprise pipeline, Fortune 500 customers, and a Series A raise underway. Backed by top-tier investors, this is a true inflection-point hire.
They’re hiring a Head of Applied AI, reporting directly to the CEO, to build the applied AI function from the ground up with significant ownership and impact.
Responsibilities
- Define the strategy and roadmap for the Applied AI function
- Build and lead the applied AI organisation, hiring engineers and researchers
- Own development and deployment of enterprise-grade AI systems in production
- Partner closely with the CEO and COO on product, technical direction, and company strategy
- Design, build, and ship AI systems operating at enterprise scale
- Lead post-training, deployment, and iteration of LLM-based systems in production
Requirements
- 5+ years of software engineering experience
- 3+ years in AI/ML engineering and/or research
- Proven experience building enterprise-grade AI systems from concept to production
- Hands-on experience post-training and deploying LLMs in production
- Prior startup experience required; experience with multi-modal models strongly preferred
- Able to hire and grow a team (formal management experience not required)
- Based in San Francisco or willing to relocate
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