Director of Engineering

Job Description

Flo, a leading health app with over 400M downloads and 75M monthly users, is seeking a Director of Engineering to lead their GenAI technical strategy and implementation. This role involves developing model benchmarking frameworks, driving AI tooling development, designing human-in-the-loop systems, and architecting AI infrastructure. The Director will also provide cross-functional leadership, partnering with medical and product teams, and manage engineering teams, fostering an inclusive culture.Responsibilities:

• Leading GenAI technical strategy and implementation
• Developing model benchmarking and evaluation frameworks
• Driving AI tooling development and integration
• Designing human-in-the-loop systems
• Establishing dataset collection and curation methodologies
• Architecting AI infrastructure (model serving, monitoring, scaling)
• Optimizing performance and defining quality metrics
• Partnering with medical teams for model safety validation
• Collaborating with product teams to define model usefulness metrics and user needs
• Working alongside product peers on solution design and user experience
• Making technical decisions while aligning with business objectives
• Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders across departments
• Building and developing high-performing engineering teams
• Coaching and mentoring engineering managers
• Driving hiring strategies and team growth
• Fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture
• Setting clear goals and development paths for direct reports

Requirements:

• Deep technical expertise in GenAI systems and infrastructure
• Proven track record of leading engineering teams
• Strong cross-functional leadership experience
• Experience with AI safety and evaluation frameworks
• Track record of successful product delivery
• Excellence in stakeholder management
• Strong technical decision-making abilities

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and annual reviews
• Opportunity to participate in Flo’s performance incentive scheme
• Paid holiday, sick leave, and female health leave
• Enhanced parental leave and pay for maternity, paternity, same-sex and adoptive parents
• Accelerated professional growth through world-changing work and learning support
• Flexible office + home working, up to 2 months a year working abroad
• 5-week fully paid sabbatical at 5-year Floversary
• Flo Premium for friends & family, plus more health, pension and wellbeing perks