Medal · 6 hours ago
Head of AI
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$250K/yr - $300K/yr
7+ years expMedal is a company focused on building an intelligent OS for the agentic age through proactive AI solutions. They are seeking a Head of AI Engineering to lead and scale their ML and AI efforts, overseeing architecture, quality, and the roadmap for data ingestion, modeling, and retrieval systems.
GamingOnline GamesVideo GamesVideo Streaming
Responsibilities
Own the context graph: architect and build Highlight's memory systems end-to-end, including data ingestion, modeling, retrieval, and evals
Research, prototype and deploy state-of-the-art machine learning text and OCR models (e.g., transformer architectures, computer vision, time series forecasting, reinforcement learning)
Lead the full ML project lifecycle: data pipelines, training, evals, deployment, monitoring, scalability, latency, retraining, A/B testing, and model lifecycle management
Own output quality across Highlight chat, actions, and workflows; drive toward industry leading acceptance rates
Build and lead a world-class ML Engineering team; Establish AI/ML best practices across the broader engineering org
Stay current on knowledge representation, continual learning, and retrieval; translate insights into features that feel like magic; Research novel approaches and publish when appropriate
Qualification
Required
7+ years in ML/AI engineering, with 3+ years leading teams or major technical initiatives
Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Machine Learning, Statistics, Applied Math or equivalent experience
Published research (or experience shipping to production) in knowledge graphs, memory systems, retrieval, or continual learning
Experience working at top AI labs (e.g. DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta FAIR, xAI) or leading AI application companies (e.g. Google, Cursor, Perplexity)
Strong architectural chops: you've designed and scaled ML infrastructure from scratch
Hands-on proficiency with modern ML stacks (PyTorch, TensorFlow, RAG, vector DBs, cloud infra)
A player-coach mentality: you love mentoring engineers and getting your hands dirty in the code
Ownership mentality (no task is too small for you) – it's all hands on deck here and we need everyone rowing the boat
Excellent communication skills and a collaborative mindset – we're extremely lean so we're looking for a team player who works well with others
Type-A tendencies: maybe you're extremely detail-oriented. Or maybe you take pride in shipping high-quality products. Whatever it is you do, you give it your all
Must be based in or willing to relocate to NYC or SF – although we're flexible with days off & schedules, we have a 100% in-office culture during the week
Benefits
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Flexible PTO and parental leave
Paid team lunches and dinners during the week
Relocation package
Company
Medal
Medal is a developer of a short-form gaming video clips platform to share digital game clips and highlights with gamers.
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$85.5MKey Investors
OMERS VenturesMakers FundHorizons Ventures
2024-07-11Series Unknown· $13M
2021-12-14Series C· $45M
2020-01-01Series B· $15M
Leadership Team
Iggy Harmsen
Product
J
Joshua Lipson
Chief Architect
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