Technical Strategic Projects LeadAfterQuery is seeking exceptional technical candidates for our Technical Strategic Projects Lead position. This is not a typical job - you'll work directly with our founding team on high-priority technical projects spanning AI research, product development, and engineering infrastructure.
Annual target compensation of $300KThe Opportunity- Work at the intersection of cutting-edge AI research and technical execution
- Direct collaboration with frontier AI labs on next-generation datasets and research
- Mission-driven, fast-moving culture that prizes curiosity, pragmatism, and excellence
- Broad technical scope-build tools, analyze data, ship product features, and drive technical strategy
Responsibilities- Work closely with the world's leading AI labs to generate next generation datasets to push the boundaries of AI to the limits, directly generating revenue for the company
- Manage teams of technical experts across a wide variety of domains, like software engineering, data science, and machine learning
- Build technical infrastructure and tooling to support dataset generation, quality control, and delivery pipelines
- Drive technical and operational initiatives end-to-end: scoping requirements, building solutions, and managing technical experts
- Interface directly with engineering and research teams at leading AI labs
- Support the founding team on high-priority technical projects and operational initiatives
Required Qualifications- Strong technical background: CS degree, engineering experience, or equivalent demonstrated ability to ship technical projects
- Eagerness to manage experts for technical human data campaigns
- Intense work ethic, agency, and drive
- Proficiency in Python and comfort writing production-quality code
- Experience with data pipelines, APIs, or ML/AI tooling
- Passion for AI and demonstrated interest in frontier AI research
- Competitive nature and track record of exceptional achievement
- Strong leadership experience and communication skills
- Ability to context-switch rapidly between technical and strategic work
Preferred Qualifications- Background in software engineering, ML engineering, AI research, or computer science
- Experience at a top tech company (FAANG, frontier AI lab) or quantitative trading firm
- Prior startup experience or founding experience
- Willingness to work long hours and weekends when projects demand it
