Director, AI

iSpot, Bellevue, WA +1

The role

Immigration / Work Authorization Notice: Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States. iSpot is not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa for this position at this time.

iSpot competes for the best talent. Our compensation packages consist of salary and equity in one of Seattle’s hottest start-ups, as well as other standard benefits. Most importantly, we provide a really interesting working experience, and the chance to contribute to the success of something great.

What you will do

Lead the day-to-day execution of iSpot's AI engineering roadmap across the Creative, Audience, and Outcomes (CAO) product portfolio.
Build, ship, and operate customer-facing AI capabilities — including generative AI features, agentic workflows, retrieval systems, and applied machine learning.

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Director, AI

iSpot, Bellevue, WA +1

Posted pay

$205K–$270K

a year

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This base pay is near the median for director-level software engineering jobs in other US places.

Median: $238K a year
Other jobs in the group: 227

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Location: Bellevue, WA +1
Work type: Not given
Level: Director+, manager
Experience: 10+ years
Posted: Sep 4, 2026
Last check: 10 min ago
Job type: Software engineering, Inference & ML systems, ML / AI engineering

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The role

What you will do

Lead the day-to-day execution of iSpot's AI engineering roadmap across the Creative, Audience, and Outcomes (CAO) product portfolio.
Build, ship, and operate customer-facing AI capabilities — including generative AI features, agentic workflows, retrieval systems, and applied machine learning.

Nice to have

Experience within advertising technology, media measurement, marketing technology, or consumer insights platforms.
Experience building and operating agentic AI systems or autonomous workflows in production.
Familiarity with modern MLOps practices, LLM observability, and cloud-native AI platforms.
Experience with large-scale data processing and analytics infrastructure.
Experience working directly with enterprise customers to shape and validate AI capabilities.
MS or advanced technical degree preferred.

Additional Notes

This role is focused on execution – building, shipping, and operating the AI capabilities that differentiate iSpot's Creative, Audience, and Outcomes product portfolio.
Success will be measured by shipped capabilities, adoption and quality of AI features in production, the reliability and cost efficiency of AI systems, and the strength of the team you build.
We are looking for a builder and technical leader who combines strong engineering judgment with a bias for experimentation and rapid learning. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable framing an approach for executives and pairing with an engineer to get it working.
Target cash compensation range: $204,507 - $269,942 USD Annually

We are committed to providing competitive, market-informed compensation. The cash compensation above includes base salary, variable commission for employees in eligible roles, and annual bonus targets for eligible roles. In addition to cash compensation, all full time iSpotters are eligible to participate in iSpot’s equity plan to receive stock options. Non-exempt roles will also be eligible for (pre-approved) overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are influenced by different factors unique to each candidate, including their skills, experience, qualifications and other job-related reasons.

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Hybrid & Flexible Workplace Policy

iSpot supports a hybrid and flexible workplace. Depending on location and work responsibilities, employees may be designated as full-time or part-time office-based or a fully remote employee. A hybrid work schedule indicates that you work in the office some days and work from home other days. The best hybrid workplaces allow for flexibility while also encouraging consistency.

Those local or living in surrounding areas to one of our offices (Bellevue, WA or New York, NY) will work a hybrid schedule, coming into their local office 1-3 days a week. While those in a role, not office-based and located further away from our offices, will work a fully remote schedule. If you have questions regarding exact details of our hybrid & flexible workplace policy, please let your recruiter know and they will discuss with you further.

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