Director of AI Engineering, AI Labs

Via Mobility
New York, NY
Job Description
Role Overview

Lead the AI Labs technical team, developing and inspiring a small team of AI engineers, and owning the engineering execution of the AI Labs roadmap. Stay hands-on, contributing directly to architecture decisions, backend systems, and code that powers AI-driven features at scale.

What You Will Do

Lead technical scoping workshops, drive engineering across a varied roadmap, and collaborate with product, data science, and operations teams to identify and prioritize AI opportunities.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will have real autonomy, direct access to leadership, and the backing of a company already at scale, with a mandate to move fast, experiment boldly, and build AI-powered products that can fundamentally change how Via and our partner cities operate.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience building and shipping AI-powered products end-to-end
  • Deep expertise across the AI/ML stack, including LLMs, predictive modelling, and production data infrastructure
  • Experience leading senior engineering talent
  • Strong backend engineer with expertise in designing scalable APIs, working with distributed systems, and writing clean, maintainable code
  • Strong communicator and cross-functional collaborator

Benefits

  • Free medical plans
  • 401K matching
  • Catered lunch on Wednesdays
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