VP Engineering (AI)

VP Engineering (AI)

📍 Cambridge, MA (Hybrid - 3/4 days in office per week)

I’m partnered with a highly backed AI venture builder creating AI-native companies across life sciences, health, and sustainability.

They’re hiring a VP Engineering to lead the core platform powering the portfolio.

💡 Why this role stands out:

• Lead a team of Principal Engineers only

• Stay hands-on with architecture + system design

• Build AI-first systems from scratch

• Work in a genuinely AI-native engineering environment

• High autonomy, low bureaucracy

🧠 You’ll:

• Own technical strategy for a portfolio-wide AI platform

• Lead and grow an elite engineering team

• Drive architecture, scalability, and build-vs-buy decisions

• Partner with researchers, scientists, and product leaders

• Allocate engineering resources across multiple ventures

🔧 Ideal background:

• Experience leading senior/principal engineers

• Strong systems + architecture expertise

• Startup or high-autonomy environment experience

• Comfortable balancing strategy with hands-on engineering

🌍 The opportunity:

Shape the engineering foundation behind multiple AI-driven companies alongside exceptional founders, engineers, and researchers.