Head of Engineering
Company: David AI
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
About David AI David AI is the first audio data research
company. We bring an R&D approach to data–developing datasets
with the same rigor AI labs bring to models. Our mission is to
bring AI into the real world, and we believe audio is the gateway.
Speech is versatile, accessible, and human—it fits naturally into
everyday life. As audio AI advances and new use cases emerge,
high-quality training data is the bottleneck. This is where David
AI comes in. David AI was founded in 2024 by a team of former Scale
AI engineers and operators. In less than a year, we’ve brought on
most FAANG companies and AI labs as customers. We recently raised a
$50M Series B from Meritech, NVIDIA, Jack Altman (Alt Capital),
Amplify Partners, First Round Capital and other Tier 1 investors.
Our team is sharp, humble, ambitious, and tight-knit. We’re looking
for the best research, engineering, product, and operations minds
to join us on our mission to push the frontier of audio AI. About
our Engineering team At David AI, our engineers build the
pipelines, platforms, and models that transform raw audio into
high-signal data for leading AI labs and enterprises. We're a
tight-knit team of product engineers, infrastructure specialists,
and machine learning experts focused on building the world’s first
audio data research company. We move fast, own our work end-to-end,
and ship to production daily. Our team designs real-time pipelines
handling terabytes of speech data and deploys cutting-edge
generative audio models. About this role As Head of Engineering,
you'll be the technical backbone for our engineering team, leading
execution across product, infrastructure, and AI systems.
Partnering closely with the CTO, you'll co-develop the long-term
technical vision and architecture, then translate it into a clear
roadmap and operating cadence. You'll ensure delivery quality and
nurture a collaborative, high-velocity engineering culture. This is
a strategic role with broad autonomy where you'll shape how we
build from day one. In this role, you will Lead the design and
development of core tools that help users make sense of audio data
for model training, working closely with researchers to continually
improve how we collect data. Hire, structure, and mentor the
engineering team while setting and upholding high performance
standards. Oversee the delivery of full-stack features that
thousands of users interact with daily. Build scalable data
processing pipelines to extract actionable insights from terabytes
of audio data every day. Rapidly iterate on research hypotheses in
partnership with the Head of Research and Head of Operations -
deploying interfaces to collect new data efficiently. Your
background looks like 3 years of engineering management experience.
Experience leading technical organizations through rapid growth
phases at high-growth startups or scale-ups. Strong background in
distributed systems, real-time data processing, or machine learning
infrastructure. A high degree of comfort digging into systems with
deep technology stacks. A passion for problem solving and providing
technical leadership to peers. Bonus points if you Are a former
founder. Some technologies we work with Next.js, TypeScript,
TailwindCSS, Node.js, tRPC, PostgreSQL, AWS, Trigger.dev , WebRTC,
FFmpeg. Benefits Unlimited PTO. Top-notch health, dental, and
vision coverage with 100% coverage for most plans. FSA & HSA
access. 401k access. Meals 2x daily through DoorDash snacks and
beverages available at the office. Unlimited company-sponsored
Barry’s classes.
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