Strategic Projects Lead

About the role

Company is seeking exceptional technical candidates to work directly with the founding team on high-priority projects spanning AI research, product development, and engineering infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Work closely with the world's leading AI labs to generate next-generation datasets that push the boundaries of AI, directly generating revenue for the company
• Manage teams of technical experts across software engineering, data science, and machine learning on high-priority campaigns
• Build technical infrastructure and tooling to support dataset generation, quality control, and delivery pipelines
• Drive technical and operational initiatives end-to-end: scoping requirements, building solutions, and managing technical experts through to delivery
• Interface directly with engineering and research teams at leading frontier AI labs
• Support the founding team on high-priority technical projects and operational initiatives

Requirements

• Strong technical background: CS degree, engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability to ship technical projects
• Eagerness to manage teams of experts for technical human data campaigns
• Intense work ethic, agency, and drive with a competitive track record of exceptional achievement
• Proficiency in Python and comfort writing production-quality code
• Experience with data pipelines, APIs, or ML and AI tooling
• Passion for AI and demonstrated interest in frontier AI research
• Strong leadership experience and communication skills, both written and verbal
• Ability to context-switch rapidly between technical and strategic work

Qualifications

• Background in software engineering, ML engineering, AI research, or computer science
• Experience at a top tech company, FAANG, frontier AI lab, or quantitative trading firm
• Prior startup experience or founding experience
• Willingness to work long hours and weekends when projects demand it