Director of AI Engineering

Remote

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Not SpecifiedCompensation

Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level

Full TimeJob Type

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Mental Health & Psychiatry, Artificial Intelligence, Healthcare TechnologyIndustries

Requirements

Candidates should possess 7+ years of experience in AI/ML roles, with at least 3 years of experience leading cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and research. They must have a successful track record of shipping production-grade AI systems, ideally in healthcare or mental health, and deep technical fluency in LLMs, retrieval systems, and safe interaction design. Strong programming skills in Python and the ML stack (PyTorch, HuggingFace Transformers, LangChain, Weights & Biases) are required, along with proficiency in cloud platforms (AWS, Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and orchestration tools (Airflow, FastAPI, etc.). Familiarity with model evaluation frameworks, ethical AI principles, and healthcare compliance (e.g., HIPAA, PHI) is also essential.

Responsibilities

The Director of AI will define and lead the AI roadmap across experimentation, model evaluation, deployment, and iteration, architect systems to support safe and scalable LLM interactions, develop strategies for model selection and cost-effective inference, design and implement experiments to evaluate AI innovations, build and scale a high-performing AI team, serve as the AI technical authority, partner with legal and clinical teams to ensure compliance, and communicate technical decisions to both engineers and executives.

Skills

AI system architecture

Large Language Models (LLMs)

prompt chaining

memory retention

Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)

model evaluation

model deployment

ML model selection

cost-effective inference

experiment design

MLOps

cloud platforms (Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock)

data science

backend infrastructure

HIPAA compliance

cross-functional leadership

Talkiatry

Provides virtual psychiatric care services

About Talkiatry

Talkiatry provides psychiatric care services through a telehealth platform, focusing on mental health support. Clients seeking help can easily check if their insurance is accepted and complete an online assessment, which helps match them with a suitable psychiatrist from Talkiatry's team. This allows clients to have their first virtual visit within days, making mental healthcare more accessible. Unlike many competitors, Talkiatry's services are covered by insurance, reducing the financial barriers often associated with mental health care. The goal of Talkiatry is to offer convenient and empathetic psychiatric care, led by a diverse team of experts, to help clients on their journey to better mental health.

New York City, New YorkHeadquarters

2019Year Founded

$192.6MTotal Funding

DEBTCompany Stage

HealthcareIndustries

201-500Employees