Head of AI Engineering

Department: Engineering

Location: San Francisco

Compensation: $250K – $400K • Offers Equity

Employment Type: FullTime

Who We Are

Serval is an AI-native automation platform transforming how enterprises operate. We build intelligent agents that understand real-world workflows and execute them end-to-end — replacing manual processes and rigid legacy systems with adaptive, learning software. Founded in early 2024, Serval is already trusted by companies like General Motors, Notion, Perplexity, Vercel, Mercor, LangChain, and Verkada to automate high-volume, high-friction operational work across their organizations.

At the core of Serval is an agentic AI platform that turns natural language into production-grade workflows. Our agents don’t just respond to requests — they reason, take action across systems, and continuously improve with usage. What began with operational use cases has quickly evolved into a horizontal AI automation layer used across IT, HR, Finance, Security, Legal, and Engineering.

Our mission is to eliminate repetitive, manual work across the enterprise and give teams leverage through intelligent automation. Long term, we’re building the universal AI operations layer — a system of agents that sits across business functions and runs the workflows that keep modern companies moving.

We’re backed by leading investors including Sequoia Capital, Redpoint Ventures, Meritech, First Round, General Catalyst, Elad Gil, and others, and founded by product and engineering leaders from Verkada.

Role Overview

As Head of AI Engineering at Serval, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our platform. You will be tasked with building foundational parts of our AI platform and your contributions will be key to defining the success of our product.

What You'll Do

• This is a senior role with significant ownership. You will partner closely with our CTO to define and implement the foundational AI / ML architecture for Serval and select key technologies for our platform.

• You will be responsible for building AI-powered product capabilities and refining them through ongoing evaluation.

• Be a champion for user experience, incorporating a deep understanding of our users to guide design decisions alongside the founding team.

• Help us deliver on our technical and product roadmap.

• Help establish engineering best practices and standards within the team. Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence.

What You'll Need

• 6+ years of experience as an AI / ML focused software engineer.

• Experience with applied AI development: You have built new products or systems from the ground up using foundational models.

• You have experience creating and fine-tuning new models, then deploying and refining them in production.

• Deep appreciation for and commitment to delivering outstanding user experiences.

• Exceptional communication skills and a proven ability to work cross-functionally.

• Comfortable with the pace and ambiguity of a fast-growing startup environment.

• Degree in Computer Science or a related engineering field.

Nice to Have

• Experience with some of the technologies in our stack: Go, GRPC, Kubernetes, React, Typescript, AWS and Terraform.

• Early-stage experience at a startup.

What We Offer

• Impact: Be a key player in shaping the success of our product and company.

• Growth: Build a fundamentally new AI product offering with the support of our experienced team and investors. Grow rapidly with the company.

• Culture: Join a culture that values innovation, ownership, accountability, and fun.