Head of Engineering & AI

Top 3 reasons to join us

• Salary negotiable based on performance bonus ++
• Full insurances according to the Labor Law
• An ambitious and humane startup team

Job description

As Head of AI, you'll own TeenCare's AI strategy, architecture, technical direction, and team — working closely with founders, Product, and Engineering to turn AI opportunities into scalable products.

• Strategy & Leadership: define the AI roadmap, identify high-impact use cases across Product/Revenue/Operations, lead architecture, build and lead the AI engineering team.
• Hands-on Engineering: write production code yourself, build/prototype LLM, GenAI & Agent systems, implement RAG pipelines, agentic workflows and evaluation systems, work directly with APIs, models, vector stores and cloud infra, run code reviews.
• Product Development: partner with PMs and Engineers to ship AI into parenting recommendations, family diagnosis, personalization, mentor support, sales/call intelligence, lead scoring, customer support, and internal automation.
• Evaluation & Quality: build measurable evaluation frameworks; monitor accuracy, hallucination, relevance, latency, safety, and cost; drive continuous improvement feedback loops.

Your skills and experience

Must-have

• Minimum 3 years of experience in a Manager-level position or above within an EdTech company. 
• 8+ years in Software Engineering, AI/ML, or a closely related technical field.
• Strong hands-on experience with Generative AI, LLMs, and AI Agents — still comfortable writing code.
• AI-native products 0→1, OpenAI/Anthropic/Gemini experience, multi-agent systems, AI evaluation & observability, EdTech/Parenting/Behavioral Science domain, startup experience
• Proven experience taking AI systems from prototype to production.
• Strong with Python and/or Node.js, LLM APIs, RAG, vector databases, agentic workflows, prompt engineering, model evaluation, cloud infrastructure, and distributed systems.
• Solid software architecture judgment; experience leading and mentoring technical teams.
• Able to balance technical excellence, product value, speed, and business impact.

Why you'll love working here

• Competitive salary, negotiable based on experience, 
• Full ownership of TeenCare's AI strategy, architecture, and roadmap — not just execution of someone else's vision.
• Direct, frequent access to founders and leadership to shape company direction.
• Budget and autonomy to choose tools, models, and infrastructure that fit the problem.
• A fast-growing, AI-native startup environment where your work ships to real users quickly.
• The chance to build TeenCare's AI function from the ground up and define what 'AI-native' means for the company.
• A mission-driven product with real impact on how families understand and support their teenagers.

The ideal candidate: 70% Builder + 20% Leader + 10% Strategist — someone who doesn't just tell the team what to build, but sits down and builds it.