Team Lead / Senior AI Engineer

Point Wild helps customers monitor, manage, and protect against the risks associated with their identities and personal information in a digital world. Backed by WndrCo, Warburg Pincus and General Catalyst, Point Wild is dedicated to creating the world’s most comprehensive portfolio of industry-leading cybersecurity solutions. Our vision is to become THE go-to resource for every cyber protection need individuals may face - today and in the future.

Join us for the ride!

About the Role:

Point Wild is building the Trailblazer AI Team—a dedicated group focused on applying AI to enhance our products, drive business growth, and deliver real-world impact across multiple product lines (antivirus, VPN, identity protection, password management, and more). As the Team Lead / Senior AI Engineer, you’ll be at the helm of this initiative, owning AI execution, guiding technical strategy, and coding alongside the team to bring AI solutions from concept to production.

This is a player-coach role—perfect for someone who thrives in both leadership and hands-on engineering. You’ll work closely with R&D teams, define the AI roadmap, manage execution, and ensure all AI efforts are impactful, scalable, and aligned with business needs.

Day to Day:

• Lead & Execute: Manage the execution of the AI roadmap, ensuring AI initiatives align with business objectives and drive measurable impact.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner with R&D teams across multiple product lines to scope, prioritize, and deliver AI-powered features and capabilities.
• Technical Leadership: Serve as the single technical point of contact for AI initiatives, providing expert guidance on architecture, model selection, and deployment.
• Hands-on Development: Write production-level code, submit PRs, and review team contributions—ensuring high-quality AI solutions with best practices in software engineering and MLOps.
• Code Quality & Best Practices: Conduct PR reviews, uphold rigorous engineering standards, and mentor engineers to elevate AI development across the company.
• Scalability & Operationalization: Ensure AI solutions are deployable, maintainable, and optimized for real-world performance.

Why this role matters?

• Shared AI Expertise Across the Business: This team supports multiple R&D teams, requiring a strong technical leader to coordinate efforts and ensure successful execution.
• Balance of Strategy & Execution: We need someone who can think strategically while also writing code, ensuring the team stays lean and efficient.
• Hands-On Impact: This is not a purely managerial role—the ideal candidate will shape the direction of AI at Point Wild while actively contributing to its implementation.

What you bring to the table:

• AI & ML Expertise: Strong background in applied machine learning, inclusive of deep learning and natural language processing, with experience deploying AI in production.
• Software Engineering Skills: Proficiency in Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, and cloud-based ML deployment (AWS preferred).
• Product-Minded Approach: Ability to translate AI capabilities into tangible product improvements that impact users.
• Leadership & Execution: Experience leading AI projects and mentoring engineers, with a track record of delivering AI-powered features in production.
• Startup Mentality: Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, high-impact environment where prioritization and execution are key.
• Previous experience with security software, particularly antivirus or endpoint protection solutions.
• Fluent English

Why Join Us?

• Pioneering AI at Point Wild: This is a high-visibility role where you’ll shape the company’s AI strategy and execution.
• Hands-On & High Impact: Get the best of both worlds—lead, architect, and build AI-powered solutions that reach millions of users.
• Cross-Product Collaboration: Work across multiple product lines, solving diverse, challenging AI problems in cybersecurity and digital protection.

As part of Point Wild, you will:

Solve real customer problems. Point Wild’s point solutions allow consumers to address their immediate cyber protection needs. Our mandate is to continuously anticipate our customers’ evolving digital security needs to create best-in-class solutions aimed at keeping them safe.

See your impact. We are a scrappy, nimble organization where individual contributions are needed and valued. You will see your impact every day.

Accelerate your career. As we expand, you will have the opportunity to learn new technologies, products, and markets in a fast-paced, growth-oriented environment.

Most importantly, you’ll get to work with other talented people at a company where people matter. If you want to put your fingerprint on an organization and leapfrog your growth, this is the place for you.

In keeping with our beliefs and goals, no employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ancestry, national origin, religion, age, gender, marital domestic partner status, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, or veteran status. Above and beyond discrimination or harassment based on “protected categories,” Point Wild is committed to being an inclusive community where all feel welcome. Whether blatant or hidden, barriers to success have no place at Point Wild.

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Originally posted on Himalayas