AI Tech Lead, Merge

$200-245k

+ Equity

React

AWS

Python

Django

Postgres

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

Customer-facing integrations & agent tools

Open for applications

Customer-facing integrations & agent tools

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseHRAPIAccountingData Integration

Open for applications

$200-245k

+ Equity

React

AWS

Python

Django

Postgres

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

5 days a week in office

101-200 employees

B2BEnterpriseHRAPIAccountingData Integration

Company mission

To make secure data access easy.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

1+ years managing and hiring engineers, with previous 7 - 10+ years of IC experience in software or ML/AI systems
Strong track record of leading teams building AI-powered products, ML platforms, or data-intensive applications
Familiarity with technologies and frameworks such as Python, Django, React, Postgres, AWS, and ML/AI libraries (
Product-minded engineering leader who can balance research/experimentation with shipping high-impact features
Strong collaborator able to align AI-driven initiatives with broader company and customer goals

What the job involves

Merge is looking for a driven Tech Lead to lead our Applied AI team. This team is building the next generation of Merge through externally facing, AI-native products powered by large language models, while also owning the foundational systems that enable AI-driven features and operational leverage across the company
You’ll guide a high-impact team through fast-moving problem spaces, partnering closely with product, design, and go-to-market to turn cutting-edge AI into real customer and business value
Lead and grow a team of applied AI engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, experimentation, and technical rigor
Define and execute the roadmap for AI-driven products and internal tooling to improve integration development, monitoring, and automation
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to build intelligent, user-facing tools that differentiate Merge’s platform
Ensure AI models and systems are deployed with scalability, performance, and security in mind

Our take

To help B2B companies navigate the increasing number of APIs needed to integrate SaaS product, Merge supplies a unified API. This provides access to dozens of payroll, recruiting, accounting, and HR platforms using a single integration layer. This way, businesses can work with a large number of APIs without compromising on efficiency.

Merge was founded in 2020 and has already built a large client base for itself, including Deed, AngelList, Ramp and Reachdesk. It has also expanded into new areas, providing support for CRM tools, ticketing systems and project management functions. With an impressively escalating annual revenue, and considerable funding at its back, the company continues to build out its product into new verticals.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Led by a woman

Top investors

57% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (5)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)

Oct 2022

$55m

SERIES B

Nov 2021

$15m

SERIES A

Total funding: $74.5m

Company benefits

Healthcare
Unlimited PTO
Parental Leave
401k

Company HQ

SoMa, San Francisco, CA

Leadership

Shensi Ding

(Co-Founder)

Studied Computer Science at Columbia before joining Credit Suisse as an Investment Banking Analyst. Previously Chief of Staff at Expanse.

Gil Feig

(Co-Founder)

A Columbia graduate who has worked for LinkedIn and Wealthfront as a Software Engineer. Previously Head of Engineering at Canvas.

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