Director of Engineering at Snorkel AI

At Snorkel AI we are building the definitive platform that helps organizations create production-ready AI systems from their own data. What began as a Stanford AI Lab research project has grown into technology trusted by many of the world’s largest enterprises, and we continue to push the frontier of data-centric AI so that scientists, engineers, and domain experts can move faster from idea to impact.

About the Role

We are hiring a Director of Engineering to lead our AI Platform team on a full-time hybrid basis. In this role you will guide the design and delivery of the core services, libraries, and data-management technologies that power Snorkel Flow, including new generative-AI workflows and scaled capabilities such as document intelligence and image classification.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of AI, systems, and backend engineers while fostering a culture of ownership and continuous learning.
• Partner with product management, applied research, and customer-facing teams to translate user needs into new AI workflows and platform capabilities that reach general availability.
• Drive the architecture, development, and operational excellence of large-scale, data-intensive AI systems, ensuring reliability, observability, and performance at web scale.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in Computer Science or a related field.
• At least twelve years of experience designing and building data-intensive software systems, including four or more years focused on AI or machine-learning platforms.
• Four or more years of engineering-management experience, ideally within high-growth technology startups.
• Hands-on experience creating enterprise-grade, user-facing products that handle unstructured data such as natural language, images, or video.
• Proven success architecting production web-scale systems with attention to monitoring, telemetry, performance, reliability, and debuggability.
• Demonstrated ability to build career-development programs, including ladders and mentorship initiatives, that help engineering organizations scale.

Location

This position is open to candidates located anywhere and operates on a hybrid schedule.

Compensation and Benefits

We provide comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for you and your family, a yearly wellness stipend, a 401k retirement plan, up to twenty weeks of paid parental leave, and a workstation setup allowance. Additional details on these and other perks are available on our Careers page.