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Posted Feb 9Strategic Projects Lead - Coding
at AfterQuery
San Francisco, United StatesOn-site
python$300,000
Responsibilities
- Manage expert teams across domains: Lead and coordinate highly specialized contributors across fields like software engineering, data science, and machine learning.
- Shape how AI systems are trained: Design dataset specifications that directly influence how frontier models are evaluated and improved.
- Drive high-impact execution end-to-end: Own critical projects from idea to delivery.
- Own high-impact work from day one: You’ll be trusted with real projects that matter to customers, revenue, and the company’s trajectory and lead critical initiatives with real business impact Build across disciplines: This role sits at the intersection of engineering, AI, operations, and strategy.
Requirements
- We serve every frontier AI lab with the mission of delivering the best data to power the best models.
- This is a rare opportunity to join a company at a defining moment in AI.
- We're based in San Francisco and backed by leading investors including Altos Ventures, BoxGroup, and Y Combinator and angels from Google DeepMind, OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta Superintelligence Labs, and Microsoft AI and are based in San Francisco.
- WHAT YOU WILL OWN Project and client management: Work with the world’s leading AI organizations to build next-generation data solutions that push the limits of model capability, while directly driving revenue.
- WHY JOIN AFTERQUERY Work at the frontier: Get a front-row seat to the most advanced AI development happening today.
- You’ll sit at the frontier, collaborating with research teams at frontier AI labs, big tech companies, and neolabs.
- Learn how companies are actually built: From 0 → 1 execution, sales motions, dataset design, to operational scaling, you’ll see and participate in every layer of a fast-growing AI company.
- Be part of a world-class team: Our team includes alumni from Jane Street, Palantir, NVIDIA, Google, Goldman Sachs, McKinsey, and leading startups.
- WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR - 2+ YOE in a top-tier tech company (FAANG, frontier AI lab) or quantitative trading firm - Background in software engineering, ML engineering, AI research, or computer science - High agency, drive, and a strong work ethic; thrive in ambiguity and execute with minimal direction - Passion for AI and interest in entrepreneurship; enjoy experimenting with new tools (experience with Claude Code is a plus) - Competitive nature and demonstrated past success - Strong leadership