Head of Engineering - Ask Polly AI

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ASI seeks a Head of Engineering to lead our team and turn an MVP into a hardened, world class product at the intersection of market research and AI. You will build a high performing product team, drive Azure-based AI and data product development with CoPilot and Fabric integrations, review architecture for speed and scalability, maintain the Polly roadmap, and manage budgeting and spend reporting. The ideal candidate has 6+ years of engineering experience and has built an AI or data product on Azure, is proficient in Python and JavaScript, and demonstrates leadership, customer focus, creative problem solving, and startup drive. To apply, highlight end-to-end product leadership, Azure deployments, measurable outcomes, and cross-functional collaboration; provide concrete examples of speed improvements and roadmap impact. This is fulltime onsite in Ottawa.

ABOUT ASI

ASI is a venture-backed global startup in the field of market research and machine learning, combining the field of market research with innovative AI tech. ASI's proprietary technology, Polly™, enables the identification of randomized, controlled, representative samples of populations through online data, for the purpose of macro-level research and analysis.

ASI makes it possible for organizations to:

• Self-serve public opinion research with millions of respondents in under 2 minutes

• Accurately predict consumer and stakeholder reaction to messaging before it is released

• Track the effectiveness of marketing campaigns in real time

• Track customer journey and key KPIs in real time, and learn how to improve the scores

• Create any target audience globally to monitor for public opinion

If you are interested in the intersection of market research and AI, Advanced Symbolics Inc. (ASI) might just be the right match for you. We’re looking for creative innovators and industry leaders to come and join the team. You’ll get a chance to work with like-minded professionals and be part of a close-knit team of passionate individuals. We are growing fast and looking for people to grow with us!

JOB SUMMARY

You will be responsible for leading our engineering team, turning an MVP into a hardened, world class product. You have experience building an AI or Data product on the Azure platform. You will work with the Sales & Marketing team to identify new customer needs and define product features that can meet these needs.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Building and managing a world class product team

• Integrating with Microsoft products like CoPilot and Fabric

• Reviewing the application architecture for speed and performance improvements

• Maintaining the askpolly roadmap, monitoring the market research landscape, and imagining new solutions to marketing problems

• Budgeting and reporting spend

WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• Microsoft cloud experience including Azure, CoPilot and Fabric

• Competency Python and Javascript

• Technology leader: You are a go-getter and self-starter who has no issue reaching out to technology vendors and learning new technology for the improvement of ASI

• Customer and People oriented: You are great with people and enjoy working with customers and team members to accomplish shared goals. You have experience listening to and interpreting customer needs, leveraging resources to solve their problems, and delivering end to end solutions.

• Creative thinker and problem solver: You love finding innovative and creative solutions to solve customer problems and are no stranger to navigating challenges to get the job done.

• Startup mindset: You enjoy the fast pace of the startup world and are interested in joining a small team that is working in a state of constant change and ambiguity. We need people who see open space and want to tackle it, not wait to be told what to do. We need drivers, not passengers.

EXPERIENCE

• Built an AI or Data product on the Azure Cloud Platform

• 6+ years engineering experience

SKILLS

• Strong interpersonal skills to work with a small team and customers

• Effective observation skills to effectively diagnose technology problems

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills

• Demonstrated ability to analyze and make independent decisions

• Ability to think critically and be innovative