[Remote] Head of Engineering at Siena AI

Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Poland

Siena AI Logo
Not SpecifiedCompensation
Expert & Leadership (9+ years)Experience Level
Full TimeJob Type
UnknownVisa
Artificial Intelligence, Customer ExperienceIndustries

Requirements

  • Scaled teams to 30+ successfully
  • Still code using AI tools like Cursor, Claude Code, Codex, Lovable, v0
  • Technical depth with AI-native fluency
  • Comfortable with customers—join enterprise calls, understand their technical pain, earn trust at exec level
  • High agency—take bets, shape direction proactively
  • Led teams that shipped regularly at scale
  • Made technical decisions that shaped company direction
  • Developed multiple leaders from ICs
  • Maintained velocity during high growth
  • Built with relevant technology: conversational AI, event-driven systems, LLM applications, CX platforms, e-commerce, API integrations
  • Zoom from strategy to debugging fluidly
  • Bring infectious energy, positive culture builder mindset
  • Startup DNA—comfortable with ambiguity, move fast

Responsibilities

  • Set technical roadmap aligned to business goals—make build vs buy decisions at company level
  • Double engineering team over 12-18 months—design team structures, develop leaders, coach and be an example for what's possible with agentic coding
  • Stay hands-on with AI tools—write prototypes, review critical PRs, ship experiments, maintain technical credibility
  • Operate cross-functionally—partner with product/design/revenue as peer, shape company strategy
  • Drive velocity at scale—ship weekly, cut scope based on learning, rally teams through ambiguity
  • Build culture that attracts top talent—create momentum through energy, establish practices that scale

Skills

AI Pipelines
AI Evals
Integrations
Multi-Agent Orchestration
System Architecture
Technical Leadership
Team Scaling
Cursor
Claude

Siena AI

Autonomous AI customer service platform for e-commerce

About Siena AI

Siena AI offers an autonomous customer service platform tailored for the commerce sector, enabling businesses to implement AI-driven support with ease. The platform integrates with existing help desk systems, allowing merchants and brands in the e-commerce market to provide timely and accurate customer service. Siena's technology utilizes advanced models from OpenAI, delivering human-like responses and cognitive reasoning capabilities. The company operates on a subscription-based model, offering various service tiers that cater to different business needs, including features like smart routing and the Siena Copilot for human agents. A key differentiator for Siena is its commitment to data security; it does not train its models on client data, ensuring the protection of sensitive information. The goal of Siena AI is to enhance customer support efficiency and accuracy for e-commerce businesses while maintaining a strong focus on privacy.

San Francisco, CaliforniaHeadquarters
2023Year Founded
$4.6MTotal Funding
SEEDCompany Stage
Enterprise Software, Cybersecurity, AI & Machine LearningIndustries
11-50Employees

Benefits

Remote Work Options
Paid Vacation
Stock Options
Company Equity
Professional Development Budget

Risks

Increased competition from companies like Discover Financial Services using generative AI.
Dependency on external partners like LTVplus for technological advancements.
New AI-driven platforms in Eastern Europe may challenge Siena AI's market position.

Differentiation

Siena AI combines human empathy with intelligent automation for customer service.
The platform integrates seamlessly with existing help desk systems for easy deployment.
Siena AI prioritizes data security by not using client data for model training.

Upsides

Siena AI raised $4.7M to develop empathic AI customer service agents.
Partnership with LTVplus enhances customer service through empathic AI.
Subscription-based model ensures steady revenue and scalable customer service operations.

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