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DeepRec.ai · 4 weeks ago

Head of AI

San Francisco Bay Area

Full-time

Onsite

Director/Executive

$350K/yr - $450K/yr

10+ years exp

DeepRec.ai is a company focused on building AI systems with general physical ability, aiming to enable AI systems to generate new knowledge through physical interaction. They are seeking a Head of AI to lead the design and execution of their intelligence stack, overseeing AI strategy, model development, and team leadership in a hands-on role.

Hiring Manager

Anthony Kelly

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end AI vision and roadmap, from foundational models to deployed autonomous systems

Define system architectures that integrate reinforcement learning, large models, perception, simulation, and physical feedback loops

Establish best practices for learning in data-scarce, high-cost, real-world environments

Lead development of:

Reinforcement learning systems for long-horizon planning and control

Large models for reasoning, planning, and tool use

Autonomous agents capable of designing and executing physical experiments

Drive simulation-to-real transfer and ensure robustness in physical deployment

Partner closely with robotics, hardware, firmware, and manufacturing teams to tightly couple AI with physical systems

Build, mentor, and manage a team of senior AI researchers and engineers

Set a high technical bar while fostering a culture of rigorous experimentation and fast iteration

Translate ambiguous research goals into executable engineering plans

Enable autonomous discovery across complex scientific and engineering domains

Ensure AI systems scale reliably and safely in real-world operational settings

Represent the AI organization internally and externally as a technical leader

Qualification

Reinforcement learningLarge language modelsAutonomous systemsPythonMachine learning frameworksTeam leadershipScientific intuitionEmpirical validationTechnical execution