Merge · 2 months ago
AI Tech Lead - Agent Handler
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$200K/yr - $245K/yr
8+ years expMerge is the leading provider of agentic tools and customer-facing integrations for frontier LLMs, Fortune 500 organizations, and B2B SaaS companies. They are seeking a driven Tech Lead to lead their Applied AI team, responsible for building AI-native products and ensuring the deployment of AI models with scalability and security in mind.
Data IntegrationDeveloper APIsDeveloper PlatformDeveloper ToolsSaaS
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a team of applied AI engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, experimentation, and technical rigor
Define and execute the roadmap for AI-driven products and internal tooling to improve integration development, monitoring, and automation
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to build intelligent, user-facing tools that differentiate Merge’s platform
Ensure AI models and systems are deployed with scalability, performance, and security in mind
Qualification
Required
1+ years leading engineers and technical projects, with previous 7 - 10+ years of IC experience in software or ML/AI systems
Strong track record of leading teams building AI-powered products, ML platforms, or data-intensive applications
Familiarity with technologies and frameworks such as Python, Django, React, Postgres, AWS, and ML/AI libraries
Product-minded engineering leader who can balance research/experimentation with shipping high-impact features
Strong collaborator able to align AI-driven initiatives with broader company and customer goals
Benefits
Unlimited PTO + 10 company holidays
100% covered health, vision, and dental insurance
401K Plan
Free dinner when working past 7pm
Annual company offsites and quarterly team events. Past locations have included: Nashville, Sonoma, and the Hudson Valley
Company
Merge
Merge is one API to add hundreds of integrations to your product
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (2)
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$74.5MKey Investors
AccelAdditionNew Enterprise Associates
2022-10-24Series B· $55M
2021-11-03Series A· $15M
2021-05-17Seed· $4.5M
Leadership Team
Gil Feig
Co-Founder
Alexia Cohade
VP, Finance & Operations
Recent News
2025-11-27
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