Job Description

Career Opportunity: VP of Engineering, AI R&D in Japan | Tokyo (Hybrid/ Remote)

■ VP of Engineering, AI R&D (Business level Japanese & English)

■ Company Overview

A cutting-edge AI research and product development company focused on building next-generation AGI (Artificial General Intelligence) originating from Japan.

The company is pioneering the concept of “Ubiquitous AGI” — AI systems that continuously evolve and adapt uniquely to each individual rather than providing a one-size-fits-all model.

The organization operates across two major domains:
● Advanced AGI research and foundational AI model development
● Development of global consumer AI products leveraging proprietary AGI technologies

Following one of Japan’s largest early-stage fundraisings and strategic partnerships with major enterprise groups, the company is rapidly accelerating its AI research and product innovation initiatives.

■ Your Role and Responsibilities 

●Lead the engineering vision and long-term roadmap for the AI R&D organization
●Partner closely with AI leadership to drive technical strategy and resource planning
●Build and scale high-performing AI engineering teams
●Improve research productivity through advanced development platforms, tooling, and workflows
●Drive adoption of AI-assisted development processes and engineering best practices
●Establish scalable systems for experimentation, reproducibility, and code quality management
●Bridge AI research outcomes with production-ready product architectures
●Collaborate cross-functionally with product and business stakeholders
●Optimize large-scale distributed training and HPC infrastructure usage
●Represent the company externally through conferences, technical blogs, and engineering leadership initiatives

Core Areas
●AI/ML Engineering & Research Infrastructure
●Large-scale Distributed Training & HPC Systems
●MLOps & Research Productivity Platforms
●Foundation Models & LLM Development
●AI Engineering Team Leadership
●Scalable AI System Architecture

■ Experience and Qualifications

●10+ years of software engineering experience in AI/ML environments

●Experience managing AI research or engineering organizations
●Proven experience scaling teams of 10+ engineers/researchers
●Strong expertise in Python, PyTorch, and deep learning technologies
●Hands-on experience with distributed training systems and HPC infrastructure
●Native level Japanese or N1 level Japanese Fluency with Business-level English communication skills required.

Preferred:
●Experience developing or operating foundation models / LLMs
●Experience designing MLOps or AI research infrastructure
●Experience in global engineering organizations or English-based technical collaboration
●Engineering leadership experience in large-scale AI research environments
●Experience improving researcher workflows and AI-driven productivity initiatives
●Experience with low-level optimization using C++/CUDA
●Master’s or PhD in AI/ML-related fields

■ Good Reasons to Join

●Opportunity to help shape next-generation AGI technology from Japan

●Work at the forefront of AI research, product innovation, and large-scale model development

●High ownership and influence over AI engineering strategy and organizational growth

●Collaborate with world-class AI researchers and engineers

●Flexible hybrid/remote work environment with strong learning support

●Competitive compensation with stock option program   

■ Work Location

Tokyo, Japan (Hybrid / Full Remote within Japan possible 

👉 Interested or know someone suitable? Let’s connect!
📩 Share your updated CV at kanika.pal@talisman-corporation.com

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