Humanagency

Managing Director of Technology - San Francisco

San Francisco · Director · Contract

Sponsorship not specified$10k-$20kDetected 8 days ago

Code ReviewCloud PlatformsMachine LearningLLMsRAGAI OrchestrationPublic Speaking

About the role

We don't advise from the sideline - we embed inside enterprise organizations and deploy production AI systems that do real work.
You'll work closely on strategy with both the Founder and the Managing Director of AI - but the technical execution, the team, and the platform are yours.
This role requires someone who can move between writing production code and presenting to a client's CEO in the same week.

Lead technical delivery for enterprise clients.
You decide what's feasible, design the architecture, and make sure it ships.
Build how we deliver, not just what we deliver.
You design the repeatable model - how we scope, staff, build, and deploy - so the team can run engagements without you in every meeting.
That means building discovery frameworks, reference architectures, deployment templates, and evaluation routines that actually get used.
Own platform and infrastructure decisions. Build vs. buy, tooling, deployment, security - you make the calls. A Principal Engineer handles day-to-day infrastructure execution

You can explain a technical trade-off to a non-technical executive in a way that helps them make a decision.
You have strong opinions on AI architecture grounded in hands-on experience - and you change those opinions when the evidence says to.
You know your way around cloud infrastructure and engineering practices well enough to make platform calls with confidence.

You're comfortable making big decisions with imperfect information - and owning the outcome
You want to work somewhere with real revenue, real clients, and real problems to solve
You're uncomfortable getting into production-level detail when the situation calls for it
You'd rather delegate technical depth than engage directly
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
advanced degrees are a plus but not required
experience in a services or consultancy model (SOWs, staffing, client delivery)
a network of engineers you've worked with and would hire again.

Bonus points for: you've scaled a startup or early-stage company before - built the team, built the systems, lived through the growing pains

Commitment
Human Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams where everyone can do their best work.
Human Agency is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
We value diverse perspectives and are committed to building inclusive, high-performing teams where everyone can do their best work.

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