Chief Engineer (Principal Engineer)

The role

The Chief Engineer owns a domain end-to-end by architecting and building alongside a team. You will set the technical bar, steer engineers and leads, and partner with a Domain PM to deliver outcomes.

What you will do

• Design systems for your domain and write code
• Set the technical standard by example
• Ship, review, and hold the line on quality and velocity
• Steer and unblock engineers and leads in your domain
• Partner with Domain PM on domain outcomes and impact
• Build on frontier models and embed AI development tools

Required qualifications

• Senior-most individual contributor (Principal / Distinguished level) or a hands-on technical founder
• Built core systems in production at real scale
• Deep credibility in AI and agents or in a domain's subject matter
• Extreme AI fluency
• First-principles problem-solving
• Exceptional learning velocity
• BS/BA in Computer Science

Nice to have

• MS or PhD
• Conversational AI, voice AI, or agentic systems built and run at production scale
• Fintech, banking, or regulated financial services background
• A 0→1 platform, system, or product that others went on to build on
• Published writing, conference talks, or open-source work in AI systems or platform engineering

Benefits

• 100% paid health, dental & vision care
• 401(k) & financial wellness perks
• Daily meals on us
• Commuter benefit
• Monthly wellness stipend
• Claude Enterprise + frontier AI tools for every employee
• Brand-new 21st-floor SF office at 44 Montgomery
• Discretionary PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Mental health, wellness & family benefits
• Founding-team-tier equity

Before you apply

• H1B transfers welcome

About the company

interface.ai is the agentic AI platform for financial services, serving credit unions and community banks. The company is cash-flow positive and backed by $30M in Series A funding.