RealAvatar:
RealAvatar is scaling access to the world’s biggest thinkers through AI-powered avatars, combining cutting-edge LLM technology with real-time audio and video synthesis.
We're seeking an exceptional Head of Engineering to lead our technical vision and scale our architecture to meet growing demand.
The Role:
As Head of Engineering, you'll drive technical strategy and execution, leading a distributed engineering team building consumer-facing AI applications. You'll be responsible for scaling our architecture, LLM pipelines, and real-time video processing systems while maintaining high performance and reliability.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead technical strategy and architecture decisions for our AI-powered avatar platform, real-time video processing and streaming capabilities
- Scale our architecture and LLM pipelines to handle increasing user demand
- Drive technical decisions around AI/ML infrastructure, cloud services, and data architecture and establish engineering best practices.
- Oversee system reliability, performance optimization, and infrastructure costs
- Collaborate with product and business teams to align technical roadmap with company goals
- Build and mentor a high-performing engineering team across multiple domains
- Lead technical due diligence and vendor evaluation for key partnerships
Required Qualifications:
- CS degree or equivalent required
- Experience with real-time video processing and streaming technologies (e.g. WebRTC, HLS, websockets)
- Track record of building and leading engineering teams
- Strong understanding of cloud infrastructure (GCP / AWS)
- Experience with modern AI/ML frameworks and tools
- Excellent communication skills and ability to bridge technical and business considerations
Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven experience scaling consumer-facing applications and services
- Advanced degree in Computer Science or background in a related field
- Track record of successful product launches and scaling high loaded applications
- Publications or contributions to the AI/ML community
- Experience with agile methodologies and remote team management
What we offer:
- Opportunity to shape the future of AI-powered interactions
- Competitive compensation package including equity
- Remote-first culture with flexibility for Bay Area or European time zones
- Cutting-edge technical challenges at the intersection of AI and consumer tech
- Collaborative environment focused on innovation
- Professional development and learning opportunities
Top Skills
What We Do
Who is AI Fund?
We are a team of AI pioneers, proven entrepreneurs, seasoned operators, and venture capitalists that collaborates with leading entrepreneurs to solve big challenges using artificial intelligence.
Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed with $176 million in capital by some of the leading VC firms and investors, including NEA, Sequoia, and Greylock.
How Are We Different?
We work with entrepreneurs during their startup’s most critical and risky phase, from 0 to 1. At the earliest stages, your company strategy is still being formed, and you’re still on the path to demonstrating your idea’s full potential – this is a reality we understand. This is the period when decisions on product strategy, market fit, and team are most critical, moving fast and fixing parts of your business when you have limited resources is a challenge.
We believe the best way to help entrepreneurs is by providing our time, expertise, and resources to help flesh out these key strategic decisions. Making the right decisions at the right time can often make the difference. We are here to improve these dynamics, at a time when the help matters the most.
Why Work With AI Fund?
Getting a startup from idea to Series A funding is not easy. We’ve been there and understand the challenges you must overcome. Whether you desire limited help and just want access to our unique ecosystems of AI experts and entrepreneurs or you would like our full support, we are interested in the opportunity to help in your success.
We are flexible in how we work with companies, but ultimately, we are here to maximize your chance of success and accelerate getting your company to market. We provide the capital, expertise, and resources to accelerate the work required to minimize risks in your startup, help you rise above the noise, and make your company more attractive to new investors.
