LiteLLM, San Francisco
LiteLLM is the world's most popular AI Gateway, trusted by top companies like Adobe, Netflix, and NASA. Our platform empowers developers by providing secure, reliable access to LLMs and adjacent services, and we're looking for a Head of Engineering to lead the team building the leading OSS AI gateway.
You own the outcomes, the process, and the team. You won't write all the code, but you own how the team ships: engineering productivity, code quality, release health, hiring, and the open-source community. You'll hold engineers accountable to the metrics they set for themselves, keep quality high as we ship fast, and own the enterprise relationship when things get hairy. This is director-level scope with a direct line to Head of Engineering, reporting to the founder/CTO.
It's a genuinely hard problem because the surface is very large: 100+ provider integrations, day-zero model launches the day a new model drops, and a Rust migration in flight.
Why Join LiteLLM?
About LiteLLM (https://github.com/BerriAI/litellm) is a Python SDK and Proxy Server enabling seamless calls to 100+ LLM APIs in the OpenAI format, trusted by industry leaders worldwide.
Ready to lead the team behind the most widely adopted AI gateway? Apply now!
LiteLLMSan Francisco
$250K–$350K / yr
Posted 5 days ago
LiteLLMSan Francisco
$250K–$350K / yr
Posted 5 days ago
LiteLLMUnited States
$150K–$250K / yr
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$150K–$210K / yr
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