Build, scale, and uphold the technical backbone of a global AI product - while leading by example through real systems and real code.
A1 is a self-funded AI group, operating in full stealth. We're building a new global consumer AI application where long-term success depends on deep technical rigor, strong execution, and disciplined engineering culture.
This is a founding executive-level engineering role. You will personally build critical AI systems while shaping engineering culture, hiring strategy, and long-term technical direction. This is not a pure management role - you lead by building.
Why This Role Matters
- You set the technical and cultural foundation of the AI organization
- You own AI quality, reliability, and scalability end-to-end
- You balance research ambition with real product delivery
- You act as the final technical decision-maker
What You'll Do
- Personally build and maintain core AI infrastructure
- Design model training, evaluation, and deployment pipelines
- Debug and resolve production AI failures
- Review and merge critical PRs
- Define standards for model lifecycle and experimentation
- Design org structure and hiring strategy
- Align AI roadmap with business goals
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering experience
- Deep ML expertise across training, tuning, and evaluation
- Proven track record shipping AI-heavy products
- Strong Python-heavy coding ability
- Experience leading engineers by example
Nice to Have
- Built ML systems from zero
- Comfortable reading and implementing research
- Strong intuition for model, data, and infrastructure tradeoffs
Our Team & Culture
We operate as a dense, senior, high-performance team. We value clarity, speed, craftsmanship, and relentless ownership. We behave like founders — we build, ship, iterate, and hold ourselves to a high technical bar.
If you value excellence, enjoy building real systems, and want to be part of a small team creating something globally impactful, you'll thrive here.
About A1
A1 is a self-funded, independent AI group, focused on building a new consumer AI product with global impact. We're assembling a small, elite team of ML and engineering builders who want to work on meaningful, high-impact problems.
