VP of R&D

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Requirements:

• 10+ years in backend, infrastructure, or platform engineering with a strong R&D orientation; ideally 3+ in a leadership capacity.
• Proven experience designing and shipping complex, secure systems in the cloud (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Deep hands-on fluency with LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), autonomous agents, and open-source AI tooling (e.g., LangChain, OpenAI/Anthropic APIs, vector DBs).
• Track record of building and leading cross-functional, high-agency engineering teams that move fast and build for scale.
• Strong product sense and ability to connect research breakthroughs with end-user value.
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills—especially in remote, distributed environments.

Responsibilities:

• Lead Technical Innovation at the Frontier
• Define and execute a vision for embedding LLMs, agents, and decision systems into Tamnoon’s remediation workflows.
• Architect AI-native components (e.g., secure retrieval pipelines, multi-agent orchestration, feedback loops) with performance, security, and explainability in mind.
• Introduce and iterate on new AI features that give customers clarity, control, and confidence in automation.
• Mentor and hire a diverse, high-performing team of full-stack, backend engineers, and machine learning individuals
• Foster a culture of engineering excellence and ownership, where innovation thrives but reliability and security remain uncompromised.
• Lead technical design reviews, research prototyping cycles, and production readiness processes.
• Partner closely with Product and Security to translate vision into roadmap and roadmap into reality—without losing agility.
• Shape technical direction through a deep understanding of both infrastructure risk and user pain.
• Balance short-term impact and long-term investment across experimentation, core system improvements, and platform evolution.
• Represent Tamnoon in technical due diligence, investor briefings, and AI/security thought leadership opportunities.
• Stay on top of the latest in open-source AI, cloud architecture, and cybersecurity to bring the best ideas into the fold.