Neuroscale
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DirectorofEngineering
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“Director of Engineering at Neuroscale. Skills: AI recruiting, Talent organization, AI agents, Workflow automation, Engineering leadership, Customer-facing technical, Startup execution. Own and lead technical demos. Explain ARBI capabilities, architecture, workflows, integrations, AI evaluation”
What You'll Achieve.
Make Arbi successful; Make every demo tighter, more repeatable, and aligned to customer outcomes; Reduce dependency on founders for every technical decision; Balance startup speed with sound architecture, reliability, product quality, and security; Ensure engineering is not surprised late in the sales cycle; Position ARBI as continuously improving platform; Turn customer conversations into credible implementation plans and future contract opportunities; Raise engineering standards; Build team culture
Industry & Context.
Technical discovery; Viability checks; Troubleshooting
Travel expected, Relocate to Northern VA / DMV area
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
5+ years experience, Credible with customers, Credible with engineering teams, Comfortable switching between strategy, demos, architecture, documentation, and hands-on execution, Own demos for federal and commercial customers, Lead technical discovery, Define customer-specific roadmaps, Manage engineering execution, Support SBIR Phase III and procurement activities, Build engineering operating rhythm, Convert customer requirements into engineering tasks, Define customer customization process, Document feature requests, integrations, API needs, data requirements, viability checks, security requirements, and customer-specific configuration needs, Distinguish between one-off customization, repeatable implementation patterns, and core product roadmap items, Build and manage engineering operating model, Create visibility into engineering priorities, blockers, delivery risk, technical debt, and customer commitments, Reduce dependency on founders for technical decisions, Balance startup speed with sound architecture, reliability, product quality, and security, Support SBIR Phase III and federal opportunities, Collect procurement requirements, technical requirements, deployment constraints, security expectations, integration needs, and compliance considerations, Partner with founders and sales leadership, Ensure proposals, statements of work, demos, and pilots are technically feasible and well-scoped, Define technical win themes, customer proof points, implementation plans, and success criteria, Ensure engineering is not surprised late in the sales cycle, Support ongoing engagement with federal stakeholders, Create technical narratives, Partner with leadership to turn customer conversations into credible implementation plans and future contract opportunities, Help source, screen, technically interview, and onboard engineering talent, Use ARBI, referrals, networks, and structured interview processes, Mentor engineers, Raise engineering standards, Build team culture around ownership, speed, quality, customer empathy, and disciplined procurement stakeholders, Comfort with early-stage startup ambiguity, Comfort with rapid context switching, Comfort with hands-on leadership, Judgment on when to build, when to configure, when to customize, and when to push back, Located in Northern VA / DMV area or willing to relocate
Nice to Have
Experience in HR tech, Experience in recruiting technology, Experience in talent intelligence, Experience in workforce analytics, Experience in CRM/ATS platforms, Experience in staffing, Experience in higher education, Experience in public sector workforce modernization, Experience supporting federal customers, Experience supporting government procurement cycles, Experience supporting SBIR/STTR programs, Experience supporting pilots, Experience supporting PoCs, Experience supporting public sector demonstrations, Familiarity with ATS/HRIS systems, Experience building technical enablement materials, Experience building demo environments, Experience building product walkthroughs, Experience building battlecards, Experience building customer-facing architecture diagrams, Experience hiring engineers, Experience interviewing engineers, Experience onboarding engineers, Experience mentoring engineers in a startup, Experience mentoring engineers in a high-growth environment, Prior founder experience, Prior founding engineer experience, Prior engineering manager experience, Prior technical product leader experience, Prior forward deployed engineer experience, Prior solutions architecture experience
What You'll Do.
Own and lead technical demos
Explain ARBI capabilities
Handle technical objections around AI accuracy
Partner with sales and customer success to make
Convert high-level customer requirements into detailed engineering tasks
Define the customer customization process for pilots
Document feature requests
Distinguish between one-off customization
repeatable implementation patterns
Build and manage the engineering operating model
Create visibility into engineering priorities
Reduce dependency on founders for every technical decision
Balance startup speed with sound architecture
Support SBIR Phase III and federal opportunities
Collect procurement requirements
technical requirements
deployment constraints
Partner with founders and sales leadership to ensure
Help define technical win themes
customer proof points
Ensure engineering is not surprised late in the
Support ongoing engagement with USAF
Help position ARBI as a continuously improving platform
Create technical narratives that show how ARBI supports
Partner with leadership to turn customer conversations into
technically interview
and onboard engineering
and structured interview processes
Raise engineering standards
Build a team culture around ownership
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partner with founders; Partner with product; Partner with sales; Partner with customer success; Partner with engineering teams; Partner with sales leadership; Partner with leadership
Communication Scope
Explain capabilities; Handle objections; Technical narratives
Process & Methodology
Sprint planning, Task breakdown, Delivery milestones, Resource allocation, Roadmap planning
Full Job Description
ABOUT NEUROSCALE Neuroscale is building the AI recruiting operating system, one unified platform for your entire talent organization, from first touch to hired. Arbi eliminates fragmented workflows, integrates directly with your ATS, and orchestrates AI agents for sourcing, outreach, screening, and candidate intelligence end-to-end. By combining reasoning-optimized models with deep workflow automation, Arbi helps talent teams win more top candidates with dramatically less friction. We’re backed by top operators and investors, and we’re growing fast. Our momentum is further fueled by blue-chip partners and programs, including the NVIDIA Inception Program, the HPE Unleash AI Program, and our active DoD SBIR Phase II award and contract. We’re now hiring a Director of Engineering, a senior technical operator who can be credible with customers, strong with engineering teams, and comfortable switching between strategy, demos, architecture, documentation, and hands-on execution in the same week. THE ROLE As Director of Engineering, you will be the senior technical leader responsible for translating customer demand into product execution. You will partner closely with the founders, product, sales, customer success, and engineering teams to make Arbi successful in the field. This is not a purely internal product management role, and it is not just a feature-building role. It is a strategic, operational, and customer-facing engineering leadership role. You will own demos for federal and commercial customers, lead technical discovery, define customer-specific roadmaps, manage engineering execution, support SBIR Phase III and procurement activities, and build the engineering operating rhythm needed for Neuroscale AI to scale. Role Snapshot - Location: Northern VA / DMV area preferred; open to candidates willing to relocate. - Type: Full-time, senior leadership role. - Compensation: Competitive base salary, meaningful early-stage equity, and performance-based upside. Final pac
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