Senior Director, AI Engineering

About the role

Dataminr is searching for a visionary Senior Director of AI Engineering to lead and inspire the team of engineers building the AI and data engine powering Dataminr’s real-time intelligence platform. This pivotal role demands a leader who can bridge the gap between cutting-edge AI research and scalable, real-world product deployment. You will drive technical strategies that translate complex AI, Deep Learning, and Machine Learning innovations into tangible business impact.

This US-based role can be remote or based out of our New York City office.

AI Innovation at Dataminr

Working at Dataminr, you’ll have the opportunity to tackle the most exciting trends in AI on a daily basis to power a revolutionary product that uncovers critical events around the world as they unfold.

• Regenerative AI: Our AI technology, ReGenAI, is a new form of generative AI that automatically regenerates real-time Live Event Briefs as events unfold.
• Agentic AI: We recently launched our Agentic AI capability, called Intel Agents, that autonomously generates critical context for our clients on real-time events, threats, and risks, allowing them to see the clearest, most accurate view of what’s happening on the ground.
• Multimodal AI: Our platform detects events from many different types of data (images, video, sensor data, audio, and text in over 150 languages).

Responsibilities

• Oversee all technical aspects of how different AI models’ outputs impact the quality of content produced by our AI platform, including working with PMs and different parts of the business to define proper performance requirements for Deep Learning and Machine Learning models.
• Work closely with scientists, engineers, and product managers to drive and deliver state-of-the-art solutions at scale in multiple areas relevant to real-time detection of events in public data sources (NLP, CV, IR, Knowledge Graphs, etc.).
• Define and track quality and cost metrics for models as well as for their integrated end-to-end performance in relation to key business goals.
• Hands-on modification of workflows, evaluations, and outputs of models.
• Lead other engineers and scientists, directing changes to technical approaches.
• Excel in placing a human-centered focus on the work (context, end-user impact, etc.), finding solutions that work in practice and have significant impact.

Requirements

• Strong technical background: graduate degree in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering.
• At least 7 years of industry experience as a software engineer in a cloud-native environment (AWS, Kubernetes).
• At least 5 years of experience leading software engineers in an AI team.
• Experience with deep learning frameworks, LLMs, agent harnesses, compound AI systems (PyTorch, Langfuse, LangGraph, Weaviate, A2A, etc.).
• Hands-on experience in developing and deploying Machine Learning/Deep Learning/LLMs at large scale in NLP, CV, IR, or a related field, preferably in a real-time setting.
• Demonstrated track record of driving and delivering on multiple complex AI projects.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Deep understanding of research stages and the ability to connect multiple complex technologies in end-to-end solutions.

About Dataminr

At Dataminr, we are a mission-driven team of talented builders, creators, and visionaries who have real-world impact on how organizations respond to events. Dataminr’s groundbreaking, AI-powered intelligence platform provides organizations with the earliest signals of emerging risks, events, and threats before they unfold. Trusted by two-thirds of the Fortune 50 and half of the Fortune 100, Dataminr’s platform analyzes billions of public data inputs spanning text, image, video, audio, and sensor data across 150+ languages, empowering our clients to stay one step ahead in an increasingly complex world where every second counts.

Founded in 2009, we pioneered the world’s first real-time event detection platform, long before the recent Gen AI ‘boom.’ Dataminr operates worldwide, united by our passion to use AI for the greater good, be agents of positive change, and put our technology into the hands of clients charged with keeping organizations running and people safe.

Benefits

Dataminr offers a variety of flexible work arrangements, offices worldwide to foster collaboration, generous PTO and sick leave, and more as part of our competitive benefits package. We provide opportunities such as a robust employee resource group (ERG) network, manager development programming, and professional development funds.

Pay

The annual base salary range for this position is $229,600 - $337,000. You will also be eligible to receive a discretionary bonus and company equity. Actual salary will be based on geographic location, applicant skills, and prior relevant experience.