Become the World's Leading Expert in Bleeding-Edge AI
Tired of producing AI strategies that never see real implementation? We're seeking technical pioneers to shape how 150+ enterprise software companies harness frontier AI technologies. Report directly to our technical founder/CEO, with unlimited freedom to explore and experiment. No management overhead. No bureaucracy. Just pure technical innovation.
Your mission: conduct groundbreaking AI research that transforms how enterprises build software. Working independently, you'll explore areas like:
- Benchmarking code generation capabilities across frontier models
- Implementing and analyzing RAG strategies for optimal document retrieval
- Evaluating vector embeddings and distance algorithms across multi-modal documents
- Conducting performance analysis of vector datastores for scale, accuracy, and latency
Build in public through daily blog posts and Twitter updates, sharing your experiments, results, and insights in real-time. Your controversial, differentiated viewpoints won't just be tolerated - they'll be celebrated.
If you're passionate about pushing AI boundaries through rigorous technical experimentation and eager to share your discoveries openly with the community - we want to talk to you.
**What you will be doing**
- Executing sophisticated experiments on bleeding-edge AI tools
- Creating detailed research documents with actionable implementation guidance
- Sharing your work publicly, contributing to the collective knowledge of AI advancement
- Guiding portfolio companies in revolutionizing their AI approach
**What you will NOT be doing**
- Managing infrastructure or operations
- Overseeing teams or roadmaps
- Creating high-level reports that gather dust
- Working on team projects - you operate independently
**Key Responsibilities**
- Strong computer science foundations with expertise in software architecture and systems design
- Demonstrated ability to design and execute sophisticated AI/LLM benchmarks and evaluation tests
- Experience with prompt engineering and systematic model evaluation
- Track record of building complex multi-modal AI agents with judgment engines
- Exceptional written communication skills
- Proven ability to rapidly master new technologies
- Comfort with public technical discourse and knowledge sharing
- Self-directed with strong experimental design skills
**This position is also known as**:
- VP of AI Research and Development
- Executive Director of AI Research
- VP of Artificial Intelligence
- VP of Artificial Intelligence Innovation