Director of Engineering

Building and scaling an engineering organization that delivers AI solutions for major Japanese companies .

The role combines engineering leadership, business strategy, customer delivery, and organizational growth .

You will lead engineering teams, build the organization, set technical standards, and ensure AI projects successfully move from PoC to production .

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the engineering organization.
• Hire, develop, and retain senior engineers and engineering leaders.
• Set the engineering strategy, structure, and priorities.
• Oversee multiple AI projects and ensure successful delivery.
• Work closely with customers, business leaders, and senior executives.
• Drive AI projects from concept and PoC through production .
• Set standards for engineering quality, security, reliability, and scalability.
• Build processes and best practices that can be reused across projects.
• Develop future engineering leaders and create a strong engineering culture.
• Work with Product, Research, Security, and global teams.
• Turn customer feedback into improvements in products and business strategy.

Requiements

• 8+ years of experience in software engineering, technical delivery, or product development.
• 2+ years in an Engineering Manager, Director, or similar leadership role.
• Experience leading large or complex technical projects.
• Strong experience building and managing engineering teams.
• Experience hiring, developing, and managing senior technical talent.
• Strong understanding of production systems, security, reliability, and scalability.
• Ability to work closely with customers and senior business leaders.
• Strong strategic thinking and decision-making skills.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-growing and changing environment.
• Business-level Japanese or higher.

Preferred

• Enterprise AI / Generative AI / LLM experience.
• Experience with major enterprise customers.
• Experience with RAG, AI agents, or LLM applications.
• Cloud and/or on-premise experience.
• Experience working with international teams.
• Business-level English.

Ideal Candidate

Someone who can operate at three levels :

• Strategy: Define the engineering vision and help shape business growth.
• Organization: Build teams, leaders, culture, and hiring processes.
• Technology: Understand technical challenges and make high-quality decisions when needed.

Location & Compensation

Tokyo — Minato-ku

• Hybrid working.
• Customer visits and domestic travel may be required.
• Possible international travel, including San Francisco.