Yuno · 10 hours ago
Head of AI Engineering
United States
Full-time
Remote
Director/Executive
8+ years expYuno is a leader in payment orchestration, building the infrastructure that powers frictionless, global transactions for modern businesses. They are seeking a Head of AI Engineering to define and lead the execution of AI-powered systems that transform how Yuno operates and innovates. This role involves building and leading the AI function, architecting scalable platforms, and delivering systems that enhance operational efficiency and user experiences.
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Responsibilities
Define the AI vision and multi-quarter roadmap aligned with Yuno’s business priorities (product, operations, revenue)
Build and lead a high-performing AI engineering team: hiring, mentoring, performance management, and career development
Establish engineering standards for quality, security, observability, evaluation, and responsible AI
Architect and oversee delivery of LLM-powered applications that augment and automate key workflows across Yuno — from customer-facing product capabilities to internal agentic workflows
Design autonomous AI systems that can execute technical analysis, testing, troubleshooting, and decision-making at scale
Partner with Product to define success metrics and ensure AI initiatives drive measurable business impact
Identify high-leverage areas where AI can reduce manual work, optimize processes, and increase organizational intelligence
Build systems that enable Yuno to scale without exponential growth in headcount (automation-first, agent-first workflows)
Lead fine-tuning, contextual optimization, and evaluation of AI systems using Yuno’s proprietary data
Build feedback loops, observability metrics, and experimentation frameworks to continuously improve performance
Ensure adherence to privacy, compliance, and ethical AI principles across the AI stack
Work closely with Engineering, Data, Security, and Infrastructure to build shared AI platform capabilities (retrieval, model serving, tooling, evaluation)
Drive adoption of AI across the company by enabling other teams with reusable components, templates, and best practices
Stay ahead of emerging AI technologies and translate them into differentiated capabilities for Yuno
Qualification
Required
8+ years of professional software/AI engineering experience, with 3+ years focused on LLMs, RAG, or agentic systems in production
Demonstrated experience leading teams (hiring, mentoring, delivery management) and owning end-to-end outcomes
Strong engineering + product mindset — able to balance technical depth with strategic impact and business priorities
Exceptional communication and stakeholder management across Product, Engineering, Data, and Leadership
Proven experience designing and deploying RAG pipelines and contextual retrieval systems with models like GPT, Claude, Gemini, etc
Hands-on experience with frameworks such as CrewAI, LangChain, LangGraph, or similar
Experience with SFT/LoRA or domain adaptation, plus strong evaluation practices
Strong proficiency in Python (and ideally Go) with production engineering rigor
Experience building scalable AI systems in AWS/GCP/Azure, including vector DBs, inference optimization, and model serving
Familiarity with LangSmith, LangFuse, OpenTelemetry/Grafana, or equivalent tooling
Ability to integrate AI systems with RESTful APIs and internal platforms to ship real product
Preferred
Experience with LlamaIndex, Hugging Face, and open-source model ecosystems
Strong knowledge of embedding strategies, retrieval optimization, and evaluation methodologies
Experience with MLOps/CI/CD and production deployment best practices
Prior experience in fintech/payments or other regulated, data-intensive industries
Benefits
Competitive compensation
Remote work — work from anywhere
Home office bonus — one-time allowance
Work equipment
Stock options
Health plan wherever you are
Flexible days off
Language, professional, and personal growth courses
Company
Yuno
Yuno is a global payment orchestration platform built to simplify and optimize the way companies manage and scale their online payments
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$35MKey Investors
DST Global
2024-03-05Series A· $25M
2022-03-10Seed· $10M
Leadership Team
Catherine Kaupert
Head of Partnerships
Erika Garcia
People Partner
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