Head of Web Development

Head of Web Development

Department: Epoch AI

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Remote

Reporting To: Jaime Sevilla

Compensation: $150,000 - $250,000 / year

Description

Epoch AI is seeking a Head of Web Development to align our tech stack with our organization's long-term goals. Responsibilities will include managing a team of 3-5 engineers and overseeing our full tech stack and infrastructure.

About the role

Please do not include a cover letter, photograph, or headshot of yourself, or any personal information that is not relevant to the role. Applications are rolling.

Note: This role has undergone several iterations. Our previous opening for a Head of Engineering, or CTO, has been divided into this role and a separate Engineering Lead.

Epoch AI is seeking a Head of Web Development. In this role, you will help shape our external communications and ensure the alignment of our full tech stack, including the website and infrastructure, with the organization's broader mission and priorities. Our impact depends on robust, well-maintained software to help us reach key decision-makers and the public. We need a Head of Web Development who can ensure our technology supports our growth and publication objectives.

Day-to-day responsibilities will include leading a team of software and infra engineers to develop and maintain our website. You will be asked to mentor engineers, identify and lead new priorities, make and shepherd high-level decisions about our tech stack, and occasionally code and review code yourself. You will oversee and potentially expand our engineering team, fostering technical excellence and agility, and ensuring our infrastructure scales effectively as we grow. You will collaborate closely with leadership, researchers, designers, and stakeholders to translate organizational goals into clear technical roadmaps. You should be experienced in full-stack development, comfortable managing a team, and deeply interested in Epoch's mission.

This role reports directly to Jaime Sevilla, Director of Epoch AI. This is a full-time and fully remote role; however, a successful candidate will be required to maintain overlap in working hours with both UTC and UTC-8 timezones, since we have a global team spread out across these timezones.

• Manage and mentor a team of 3-5 engineers, helping them set priorities, develop best practices, and improve their technical skills.
• Develop and communicate a clear technical strategy aligned with Epoch AI's long-term mission. Work closely with leadership to translate organizational goals into a clear software engineering roadmap.
• Make strategic technology, personnel, and budget decisions, ensuring efficient resource allocation and hiring as required.
• Lead the engineering team to think beyond immediate tasks, encouraging decisions that support long-term scalability, maintainability, and future growth, while ensuring lean execution and fast delivery cycles.
• Guide the team in developing interactive data visualization and related tools to support lean research publication workflows.

What we are looking for

Requirements:

• Exceptional technical expertise as a software engineer, with a track record of delivering high-quality, impactful engineering projects and deep familiarity with best practices in software development.
• Experience with Typescript.
• Management/leadership experience in a technical role.
• Demonstrated success managing engineering teams and infrastructure in rapidly growing environments.
• Strong background in fullstack engineering and infrastructure.
• Ownership mindset-you can drive high-level planning while also being comfortable with hands-on execution, obsessing over every detail and taking initiative to do whatever is needed to get things done.
• Deep interest in Epoch AI's mission to investigate the future and impact of AI.

Nice to have:

• Experience in data visualization.
• Experience with Python.
• Deep familiarity with Epoch AI's mission and our research on the trajectory of AI.
• Occasional schedule flexibility. Our research team is global, and sometimes coordination needs pop up outside regular hours. We fully encourage taking time off in lieu to maintain a healthy work-life balance.

If you don't tick all these boxes but think you would be a great fit, please apply anyway.

What we offer

• Annual salary between $150,000 and $250,000 USD.
• Salaries are not restricted to USD, and contracts and payments are usually in local currencies. Conversions are based on one-year average exchange rates.

• Fully remote environment, including flexible work hours and schedules.
• For this role, we can support relocation and sponsor visas in the US and the UK. As a 501(c)(3) research nonprofit, we are H-1B cap-exempt.
• Competitive global benefits program, including:
  • Comprehensive health insurance program, including supplemental benefits specific to a local country, as available and mandated by local law.
  • Life insurance and pension plan, if applicable in your country.
• Generous paid time off (PTO) leave, including:
  • 30 days off per year minimum, with no specific limit on paid time off per year.
  • Unlimited personal and sick leave
  • Parental leave-up to 6 months of a combination of paid and unpaid parental leave during the first 2 years after child's birth or adoption.
• A flexible and generous expense policy for you to spend on equipment and a large range of productivity tools or learning/development opportunities you might find valuable.
• Paid work trips, including 3 staff retreats per year and relevant conferences.
• Access to our very well-equipped offices in Berkeley, California, including paid meals, snacks, gym, and more.
• Other benefits as allowed at the discretion of Epoch AI's leadership and local availability.
• A supportive and energized team that is excited about the work we are doing and our mission.

• Please email if you have any questions about this role or accessibility requests.
• While we welcome applicants from all time zones, we prefer candidates who can maintain overlap with both UTC (GMT) and UTC-8 (Pacific Time) time zones.
• Please submit all of your application materials in English and note that we require professional-level English proficiency.
• For this position we prefer candidates who can travel: we hold three retreats per year to which attendance is strongly encouraged.
• Epoch is committed to building an inclusive, equitable, and supportive community for you to thrive and do your best work. We're committed to finding the best people for our team, so please don't hesitate to apply for a role regardless of your age, gender identity/expression, political identity, personal preferences, physical abilities, veteran status, neurodiversity or any other background.