Director of AI Engineering

Technical & Production Expertise

10–15+ years in software engineering, with significant leadership experience owning AI/ML or applied LLM systems at scale.

Proven history shipping LLM-powered features, agentic workflows, or AI assistants used by real customers in production.

Deep understanding of LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LlamaIndex), RAG pipelines, vector search, embeddings, and prompt engineering.

Leadership, Strategy & Delivery

Demonstrated ability to lead senior engineers, define technical roadmaps, and deliver outcomes aligned to business metrics.

$300,000

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$450,000 USD

We are AI Native

Apollo.io is an AI-native company built on a culture of continuous improvement. We’re on the front lines of driving productivity for our customers—and we expect the same mindset from our team. If you're energized by finding smarter, faster ways to get things done using AI and automation, you'll thrive here.

As the Director of AI Engineering, you will own the end-to-end delivery of Apollo’s AI roadmap spanning autonomous agentic systems, LLM-powered workflows, search & relevance, personalization, and production-grade ML infrastructure.

You will lead and scale a high-impact AI Engineering organization responsible for turning cutting-edge AI techniques into real, revenue-driving product capabilities used by millions.

This role sits at the intersection of

Engineering, Product, Machine Learning, Growth, and GTM

, requiring deep technical leadership, exceptional product intuition, and a track record of shipping AI systems that create measurable business outcomes.

You will define the long-term architecture for agentic AI at Apollo, elevate engineering excellence, mentor senior ICs and managers, and accelerate Apollo’s position as the AI-native leader in the go-to-market ecosystem.