Head of Engineering

About David AI

Data for audio AI

The role

### **About our Engineering team** At David AI, our engineers build the pipelines, platforms, and models that transform raw audio into high-signal data for leading AI labs and enterprises. We're a tight-knit team of product engineers, infrastructure specialists, and machine learning experts focused on building the world’s first audio data research company. We move fast, own our work end-to-end, and ship to production daily. Our team designs real-time pipelines handling terabytes of speech data and deploys cutting-edge generative audio models. ### **About this role** As **Head of Engineering,** you'll be the technical backbone for our engineering team, leading execution across product, infrastructure, and AI systems. Partnering closely with the CTO, you'll co-develop the long-term technical vision and architecture, then translate it into a clear roadmap and operating cadence. You'll ensure delivery quality and nurture a collaborative, high-velocity engineering culture. This is a strategic role with broad autonomy where you'll shape how we build from day one. ### **In this role, you will** * **Lead the design and development of core tools** that help users make sense of audio data for model training, working closely with researchers to continually improve how we collect data. * **Hire, structure, and mentor the engineering team** while setting and upholding high performance standards. * **Oversee the delivery of full-stack features** that thousands of users interact with daily.\ **Build scalable data processing pipelines** to extract actionable insights from terabytes of audio data every day. * **Rapidly iterate on research hypotheses** in partnership with the Head of Research and Head of Operations - deploying interfaces to collect new data efficiently. ### **Your background looks like** * 3+ years of engineering management experience. * Experience leading technical organizations through rapid growth phases at high-growth startups or scale-ups. * Strong background in distributed systems, real-time data processing, or machine learning infrastructure. * A high degree of comfort digging into systems with deep technology stacks. * A passion for problem solving and providing technical leadership to peers. ### **Bonus points if you** * Are a former founder. ### **Some technologies we work with** * Next.js, TypeScript, TailwindCSS, Node.js, tRPC, PostgreSQL, AWS, [Trigger.dev](http://Trigger.dev), WebRTC, FFmpeg. ### **Compensation and benefits** * Rapid career growth at one of the fastest growing Series A companies, within a new and booming industry. * Competitive salary and equity package. * Flexible PTO policy. * Top-notch health, dental, and vision coverage with 100% company reimbursement for most plans. * Paid lunch and dinner in the office, every day through DoorDash. * 401k access.