VP AI - thunders.ai

Lead the engineering behind Thunders.ai's intelligent systems. You'll own the architecture, build and grow the team, and set the execution culture for AI-powered products that solve real problems at scale. This is a hands-on leadership role for someone who wants to shape both the technology and the people building it.

AI Architecture & Technical Strategy: Define and drive the scalable architecture for Thunders.ai, translating the product roadmap into robust, well-engineered systems. Team Leadership: Hire, lead, and manage a small, high-performing AI engineering team, owning individual performance management through regular feedback and reviews. Technical Decision-Making: Own critical technical decisions while empowering team members to propose, test, validate, and measure ideas. AI Trends & Tooling: Monitor emerging AI trends, technology news, and best practices to guide architectural decisions and tooling choices. Sprint Execution: Run and lead key sprint execution milestones, including triage, spec reviews, retrospectives, and stand-ups, while verifying milestone completion and operational excellence. Data-Driven Culture: Deploy a data-driven culture focused on OKRs, linking team and individual targets to measurable technical impact and transparent reporting. Team Culture: Promote a collaborative, ethical, and psychologically safe team culture that encourages innovation, knowledge sharing, feedback, and continuous improvement. Scalability & Reliability: Ensure, measure, and monitor system scalability, health, and reliability. LLMOps Ownership: Define, optimize, and operate the LLMOps stack. Leadership Principles: Align with and promote the company's leadership principles: Bias for Action, Frugality, Have Backbone; Disagree and Commit.