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Director of AI Engineering, Internal Products at Via

Director of AI Engineering, Internal Products

Via · NY, US

3 weeks ago

Director of AI Engineering, Internal Products

Via · NY, US

23 days ago
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About the Role

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. This role shapes a new engineering discipline, solves problems across the business, and multiplies innovation capacity.

Responsibilities

  • Build products that improve internal systems supporting Finance, HR, and Operations.
  • Develop tools to help field teams coordinate work, surface operational insights, resolve exceptions, manage resources, and make better decisions in real time.
  • Work closely with users to understand their needs and translate them into impactful products.
  • Rethink software development using AI coding agents, AI-assisted development, automated testing, and new engineering workflows.
  • Lead the development of an AI-powered internal development platform, including integrations, permissions, infrastructure, testing, deployment, and governance.
  • Recruit, develop, and lead engineers, defining architecture, standards, operating model, and culture.
  • Partner with leadership to identify high-impact opportunities for software and AI.

Requirements

  • Exceptional engineering leader with a strong technical foundation and experience building and shipping production software.
  • Experience leading engineers, making sound architectural decisions, and delivering dependable systems.
  • Actively explores and uses modern AI coding tools and agents.
  • Pragmatic systems thinker with understanding of security, permissions, integrations, observability, testing, and maintainability.
  • Product thinker who cares about the problem being solved and can turn ambiguous needs into useful products.
  • Comfortable with ambiguity, moving between strategy, architecture, hands-on building, and working with business teams.
  • An organizational multiplier, excited about enabling others to solve problems independently.

Skills

  • AI-native development
  • AI agents
  • AI-assisted development
  • Automated testing
  • Software architecture
  • System design
  • Security
  • Permissions
  • Integrations
  • Observability
  • Testing
  • Maintainability

Location

  • Remote

Work Type

  • Full-time

Experience Level

  • Director

Salary/Compensations

  • $250,000 - $290,000 per year plus variable pay and equity

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage
  • Low-cost dental and vision plans
  • 401(k) with company match and vesting
  • Fully paid parental leave for new parents, with extended leave options
  • Mental health benefits
  • Pet insurance
  • Other wellness perks
  • 20 days of paid time off (PTO) annually

About the Company

  • 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.

Equal Opportunity

  • Via is an equal opportunity employer.