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Director of AI Engineering, Internal Products

Via · New York · On-site

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About Via

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About the role

As the Director of AI Engineering, Internal Products at Via, you'll lead an engineering team that builds high-impact internal products using AI-native development practices, while pioneering a platform that enables people across the company to create their own software with AI agents. We call these empowered employees “nano engineers.” This is an opportunity to shape a new engineering discipline, solve problems across the business, and multiply our capacity to innovate. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

What they're looking for

  • A pragmatic systems thinker who understands security, permissions, integrations, observability, testing, and maintainability, and knows how to apply the right level of rigor to each use case
  • A product thinker who cares about the problem being solved, not just the technology, and can turn ambiguous needs into useful products
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, you’re happy to move between strategy, architecture, hands-on building, and working directly with business teams
  • An organizational multiplier, excited about enabling other people to solve problems independently
More about this role

Via is on a mission to create public transportation systems that provide far greater access to jobs, healthcare, and education. Our platform serves as the technology backbone for modern transit networks, transforming antiquated and siloed public transportation systems into smart, data-driven, and efficient digital networks. With hundreds of agency partners around the world, Via is recognized as the leading transportation technology and service provider globally.

As the Director of AI Engineering, Internal Products at Via, you'll lead an engineering team that builds high-impact internal products using AI-native development practices, while pioneering a platform that enables people across the company to create their own software with AI agents. We call these empowered employees “nano engineers.” This is an opportunity to shape a new engineering discipline, solve problems across the business, and multiply our capacity to innovate.

  • Hands-on from day one: You’ll personally build and ship products, leveraging AI coding agents to move from idea to production, while gradually building and leading a team as the function grows.
  • Build products that make our business run better - work...

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