Director of Engineering, you.com
Platform and Developer Experience
$290-350k
AI search infrastructure for enterprises
Open for applications
AI search infrastructure for enterprises
201-500 employees
Open for applications
$290-350k
201-500 employees
Company mission
To help people move faster, think deeper, and do more.
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience in engineering leadership roles, managing teams building large-scale, high-availability systems
- Skilled at scaling teams during periods of rapid growth and ambiguity
- Proven ability to inspire, hire, coach, and retain engineering talent
- Strong technical background in search, AI, or distributed systems
- Operates well in dynamic, fast-changing environments
- Track record of fostering innovation and driving technical strategy
What the job involves
- As the Director of Engineering, Platform and DX at You.com, you will lead and inspire a world-class engineering team responsible for building and scaling our core platform and developer experience technologies
- You will drive technical excellence, foster a culture of innovation, and ensure the successful delivery of complex projects that directly impact millions of users
- This is a high-impact leadership role, reporting to the VP of Engineering, with broad responsibility for people, process, and technology
- Lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing engineering team, providing guidance, support, and professional development opportunities
- Oversee all engineering operations and project delivery, ensuring alignment with company goals, timelines, and quality standards
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, research, and design teams to define technical strategy and deliver innovative features
- Establish and optimize engineering processes, best practices, and scalable systems to drive productivity and quality
- Recruit, onboard, and retain top engineering talent, fostering an inclusive and collaborative team culture
- Set clear vision and goals for the engineering organization, translating company objectives into actionable plans
- Manage departmental budgets, resource allocation, and vendor relationships to ensure efficient operations
- Champion technical excellence and continuous improvement, staying current with industry trends and emerging technologies
Our take
The pressure for enterprises to adopt AI is mounting, but even with impressive advancements to the technology it can be difficult to implement effectively. Foundational models fail to meet the needs of enterprises, which require something they can more easily customise.
This is what you.com recognises and addresses, supplying solutions to empower its clients to build the artificial intelligence that best serves them. The company's enterprise AI product, combined with search and agent APIs and consulting, enables each business to adapt AI intelligently to its industry and aims.
Its a valuable proposition that has not gone unnoticed by the industry, with you.com raising a substantial amount of funding in 2025. This will be used to "build the infrastructure for the agentic era", as the company aims to support its clients into this next age of AI-empowered operations.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
33% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Sep 2025
$100m
SERIES C
Jun 2024
$50m
SERIES B
Total funding: $197.9m
Company benefits
- A remote-first work environment with hubs in California, NYC, and Canada that offer monthly in-person gatherings
- Unlimited PTO with 11 U.S. holidays observed and a week shutdown in December to rest and recharge
- Competitive health insurance plan, where 100% of the policyholder is covered and 75% for dependents
- 12 weeks of paid paternity leave in the US; additional time off is also considered
- 401k program, 3% match coming January 2025
- $500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date
- $1,200 / year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals
- In-person coworking weeks 1 to 2 times a year
- Chance to collaborate with a team at the forefront of AI research
Company HQ
SoMa, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Richard Socher
(Co-Founder & CEO)Experience as Chief Scientist of EVP for Salesforce from 2016 to 2020. Founder of AIX ventures since 2021.
Bryan McCann
(Co-Founder & CTO)Experience as a Course Assistant at Stanford University from 2014 to 2016. Lead Research Scientist for Salesforce from 2016 to 2020.
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