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About the role
As Director of AI, you will lead the team that builds and ships iSpot's AI-powered capabilities across our Creative, Audience, and Outcomes (CAO) product lines. You will take AI concepts from prototype to production — intelligent creative analysis, audience insights, agentic workflows, and next-generation outcome measurement — and make them reliable, evaluated, and economical at scale.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field, advanced degree preferred
- 10+ years of software engineering experience, including 3+ years leading engineering teams
- Demonstrated experience shipping AI or machine learning capabilities into production products used by customers
- Working knowledge of modern AI technologies: large language models, agentic systems, retrieval architectures, embeddings, evaluation methods, and fine-tuning trade-offs
- Strong software engineering fundamentals — distributed systems, APIs, data pipelines, testing, and production operations
- Genuinely hands-on: comfortable in the codebase, in notebooks, and in production traces
More about this role
Immigration / Work Authorization Notice: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. iSpot is not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.
iSpot competes for the best talent. Our compensation packages consist of salary and equity in one of Seattle’s hottest start-ups, as well as other standard benefits. Most importantly, we provide a really interesting working experience, and the chance to contribute to the success of something great.
At iSpot, we are transforming how brands, agencies, publishers, and platforms measure advertising outcomes across linear, streaming, and digital ecosystems. Artificial intelligence is a critical part of our product strategy and future growth.
As Director of AI, you will lead the team that builds and ships iSpot's AI-powered capabilities across our Creative, Audience, and Outcomes (CAO) product lines. You will take AI concepts from prototype to production — intelligent creative analysis, audience insights, agentic workflows, and next-generation outcome measurement — and make them reliable, evaluated, and economical at scale.
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