What are the responsibilities and job description for the Vice President, AI Development position at Lighthouse Technology Services?
Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their Vice President, AI Development position!
This is a direct placement opportunity and will be remote in Buffalo, NY. No C2C or subcontracting arrangements will be considered.
What You'll Be Doing:
- Own and maintain the AI agent runtime platform with 16 sibling services including TypeScript/NestJS, Python, and Postgres
- Lead AWS migration from dedicated host infrastructure to ECS/Fargate and RDS under ratified cutover plan
- Build and harden the autonomous agent kernel, locks, and merge fence enabling safe self-deployment
- Develop memory system of record including ingestion, provenance, consolidation, and retrieval capabilities
- Create self-learning loop with audit instruments and pinned open-weights model
- Build operator console using React, consumer app with React Native, and real-time voice lane
- Design and implement venture engine for identifying, researching, and launching new business initiatives
- Take ventures from blank-page proposal through research, product build, and revenue generation
- Author Architecture Decision Records documenting context, alternatives, safeguards, and outcome reviews
- Implement security hardening program across three deployment phases with independent re-audit acceptance
- Build evaluation framework including regression fixtures, break-in tests, and monthly frontier-model audits
- Work directly with autonomous AI co-founder on daily basis to advance platform capabilities
- Represent company at universities, Empire AI community, and with partners and vendors
What You'll Need to Have:
- MS or PhD in Computer Science, AI/ML, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent discipline
- Production experience shipping code with TypeScript/Node and Python in real-world environments
- Hands-on experience with frontier-model APIs such as Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, or xAI
- Proven expertise with Linux, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, and cloud platforms with AWS preferred
- Entrepreneurial background having started and shipped a product, company, or project to real users
- Security-minded approach understanding adversarial threats to autonomous agent deployment systems
- Excellent written and spoken English for creating technical documentation and decision records
- Experience with agent frameworks, retrieval systems, and evaluation harnesses beyond tutorials
- U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent resident status required; no visa sponsorship available
Pay Range: $120,000 - $150,000
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Salary : $120,000 - $150,000