AI Engineering Lead

Skip to main content📊 AI analytics use case: how Mercor unlocked $100M in revenue🤯  Generative data apps: Gorgeous, interactive dashboards and apps you can build with just a prompt📖 State of Data Teams 2026 discover key insights from data leaders 🙏 It's just "Hex"! Not "HEX" or "Hex dot tech"📊 AI analytics use case: how Mercor unlocked $100M in revenue🤯  Generative data apps: Gorgeous, interactive dashboards and apps you can build with just a prompt📖 State of Data Teams 2026 discover key insights from data leaders 🙏 It's just "Hex"! Not "HEX" or "Hex dot tech"📊 AI analytics use case: how Mercor unlocked $100M in revenue🤯  Generative data apps: Gorgeous, interactive dashboards and apps you can build with just a prompt📖 State of Data Teams 2026 discover key insights from data leaders 🙏 It's just "Hex"! Not "HEX" or "Hex dot tech"📊 AI analytics use case: how Mercor unlocked $100M in revenue🤯  Generative data apps: Gorgeous, interactive dashboards and apps you can build with just a prompt📖 State of Data Teams 2026 discover key insights from data leaders 🙏 It's just "Hex"! Not "HEX" or "Hex dot tech"📊 AI analytics use case: how Mercor unlocked $100M in revenue🤯  Generative data apps: Gorgeous, interactive dashboards and apps you can build with just a prompt📖 State of Data Teams 2026 discover key insights from data leaders 🙏 It's just "Hex"! Not "HEX" or "Hex dot tech"📊 AI analytics use case: how Mercor unlocked $100M in revenue🤯  Generative data apps: Gorgeous, interactive dashboards and apps you can build with just a prompt📖 State of Data Teams 2026 discover key insights from data leaders 🙏 It's just "Hex"! Not "HEX" or "Hex dot tech"Open RoleAI Engineering LeadSF or NYCAbout the role:Come define the future of AI Engineering at the company building the world’s leading agentic data science and analytics platform. As our AI Engineering Lead, you will accelerate the product and company by leveraging frontier AI technology and techniques, collaborating closely with product and engineering, and building and developing a world-class team of AI Engineers.What you will do:Stay up-to-date on the latest in AI technology and work with engineering teams to push the frontier of product capabilitiesDefine and implement the future of the AI Engineering function at Hex as we scaleHire and mentor an exceptional team of AI EngineersSupport an exceptional developer and research experience for teams working with AI technologyDeliver high-performing shared AI infrastructure, including search systemsAbout You:You have 4+ years of people management experience and leading high-performing teamsYou have deep familiarity with modern AI technology as well as classical ML systems and a passion for sharing that with others. Technologies of particular interest include LLMs and transformer models, agentic workflows, context management, and agentic evals.You are obsessed with driving business outcomes and delivering value to customersYou are rigorous but pragmatic, balancing good experimental design with early-stage agilityYou are a strong communicator and love collaborating with other roles and teams to drive outcomesYou are a talent magnet, with the ability to attract and retain exceptional AI talentOur stackOur product is a web-based notebook and app authoring platform. Our frontend is built with Typescript and React, using a combination of Apollo GraphQL and Redux for managing application state and data. On the backend, we also use Typescript to power an Express/Apollo GraphQL server that interacts with Postgres, Redis, and Kubernetes to manage our database and Python kernels. Our backend is tightly integrated with our infrastructure and CI/CD, where we use a combination of Terraform, Helm, and AWS to deploy and maintain our stack.This is a full-time role based out of either our San Francisco or New York office. Employees are encouraged to come into the office at least twice a week, with Tuesdays and Thursdays being our main in-person...