10d ago

Director of AI

Hong Kong·Hong Kongexecutive

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Quick Summary

Key Responsibilities

Team Leadership & Scaling: Build, manage, and grow Raycon's software engineering team: hiring, mentoring,

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What We Offer

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✓5+ years in software engineering, with real ownership of hardware-connected products: firmware, embedded systems, BLE/wearables, or similar

✓Direct experience working with China-based hardware or component vendors, comfortable with the time zones, communication style, and quality-assurance rhythm of overseas manufacturing partners

✓A track record of managing and scaling engineering teams: hiring, mentoring, and setting the technical bar as headcount grows

✓Fluency across native mobile (Swift/SwiftUI, Kotlin/Java) and hybrid frameworks (React Native, Flutter), plus backend (Node.js/TypeScript): you know when to reach for which, and why

✓Comfort with the fundamentals of our current stack: iOS (Swift 6, SwiftUI, Combine), Android (Kotlin, Java, AGP), Backend (Node.js, TypeScript, Koa, PostgreSQL, Objection.js/Knex.js), infrastructure (Terraform, CloudFormation): the stack will evolve, but the fundamentals shouldn't be a stretch

✓Excellent communication skills: you translate cleanly between engineers and management, in both directions, without losing precision

✓A genuinely customer-first mindset: you pressure-test technical decisions against how they'll actually feel to the person using the device

✓A strong bias for speed and urgency, paired with high attention to detail: you move fast and iterate against real customer feedback without cutting corners

✓Experience building engineering programs and processes that scale as the team and product line grow

✓Impact: You'll define the technical backbone of Raycon's newest product category of AI devices

✓Autonomy: Own the architecture, the vendor relationships, and the team from the ground up

✓Team: Grounded, ambitious, and kind coworkers who get sh*t done

✓50% team discount on all Raycon products

✓$1,500 annual L&D stipend for conferences, certifications, and seminars

✓$200 StubHub gift card for a cultural event

✓Team-building budget for dinners, happy hours, and employee appreciation

✓Monthly team lunch + snack/soft drink budget

✓March Madness bracket

✓Annual charity event (City Harvest, Bowery Mission, etc.)

Nice to Have

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Ideally based in Hong Kong or Shenzhen; fluent in Mandarin and/or Cantonese, plus English
Direct experience with AI/ML-powered consumer hardware: voice capture, transcription, or on-device/cloud AI processing
Hands-on DevOps/infrastructure experience (Terraform, CloudFormation) beyond the basics
Experience scaling a product line from a single SKU to a multi-device portfolio

Responsibilities

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→Team Leadership & Scaling: Build, manage, and grow Raycon's software engineering team: hiring, mentoring, and raising the technical bar as the AI device portfolio expands
→Hardware-Software Integration: Own the architecture connecting our AI devices, including the Raycon AI Notetaker, to their companion apps and backend from firmware constraints through cloud AI processing to the in-app experience
→Vendor Management: Serve as the primary technical point of contact for our China-based hardware and component vendors, driving software/firmware quality, resolving integration issues, and protecting delivery timelines
→Product & Roadmap Ownership: Partner with the VP of Product to translate product vision into a real technical roadmap across the AI device portfolio
→Cross-Functional Communication: Translate technical tradeoffs into terms management can act on, and business priorities into terms engineers can build against
→Customer Feedback Loop: Build the systems and cadence to move fast on customer feedback bug reports, feature requests, app store reviews, without sacrificing stability
→Quality & Scalability: Balance speed with rigor, building the code review, testing, and release processes that hold up as the team and product line grow

The AI device portfolio, including the AI Notetaker, ships reliably, with hardware-software integration issues caught before they reach customers
The software engineering team is staffed, mentored, and scaling ahead of the product roadmap
China-based vendor relationships run smoothly, with fast issue resolution and no software-related delays to production timelines
Customer feedback turns into shipped improvements on a fast, predictable cycle
Both management and engineers describe you as the person who makes technical decisions clear and fast

Customer First
Think Big
Raise the Bar Every Day
GSD: Get Sh*t Done

Initial Call: Intro with our recruiter focused on culture fit and your experience
Hiring Manager Interview: A conversation with the VP of Product to dive deeper into your prior experience and align on vision, values, and impact
Case Study: A practical exercise tailored to the role, designed to highlight how you think and build
Leadership Chat: A conversation with a senior leader to align on expectations and growth
Final On-site Round: Visit us in the office and meet the team