Who we are
Joi AI is a platform for AI-lationships — personalized, emotionally intelligent connections between people and AI characters. We build characters that have their own personality, mood, and voice: they can ignore you, argue with you, miss you. If you've seen the film Her — that's roughly where we're headed.
Our platform serves both emotional and intimate needs without judgment, built on the values of rejection-free connection, sex positivity, freedom to be yourself, and ethical integrity. Today we have tens of millions of conversations on the platform. Our goal: 10% of the global population in long-term AI-lationships with our characters.
Joi Lab (joilab.ai) is our open research arm — we build open-source generative models, agent architectures, and training infrastructure. All code, weights, and data are public. We're not chasing the next ChatGPT wrapper; we're working on true AI agency: persistent memory, self-modification, self-authored constraints.
The role
You'll be the bridge between a founder, a CTO, and an AI engineering team — not by authority, but by making sure they're all building the same thing.
The teams are strong and fast-moving. That's exactly the problem: without someone holding the thread, context gets lost, priorities clash, and good engineers start blocking each other. That's where you come in.
You'll own delivery across a ~30-person R&D org. No direct reports — your leverage is clarity, trust, and the ability to walk into a room of senior engineers and be taken seriously. When a developer says "we can't do this," you'll know whether that's true. When a founder brings a new priority, you'll know how to push back without burning the relationship.
The product is in active development. This is the moment when a strong delivery person can genuinely change the pace of what gets shipped — not by adding process, but by removing friction nobody else has time to name.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Own end-to-end delivery across ML and backend teams
- Act as a bridge between ML and R&D, ensuring alignment and smooth collaboration
- Manage priorities, dependencies, and cross-team communication
- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks impacting time-to-market
- Ensure that features are delivered to production without loss of context or quality
- Work closely with engineering, product, QA, and DevOps teams
- Support teams in task decomposition and prioritization from a technical perspective
- Drive execution in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Strong engineering background (Backend or Machine Learning)
- Solid understanding of system architecture and technical dependencies
- Hands-on mindset and ability to dive into technical details when needed
- Experience working with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- High level of ownership and adaptability
- Confidence working in dynamic, high-pressure environments
- 5+ years of experience, including:
- hands-on development experience
- experience in delivery / team leadership / management roles
WHY JOI
- You're joining the company that's redefining what relationships with AI look like — before the category gets crowded
- We move fast: ideas become live experiments in days, not quarters
- Joi Lab gives you access to frontier model research — open-source, no corporate gatekeeping
- Small team, high trust, high ownership — you'll see the direct impact of your work
- Work from anywhere with our fully remote, full-time setup.
- Standard 28-day annual leave policy.
- 7 yearly wellness days for life admin or recovery—no sick notes needed.
- Referral rewards up to $5000 for helping us hire top talent.
- We cover 50% of costs for training, conferences, and global meetups.
- Subsidized English classes through our corporate discount.
- Health support: receive up to $1,000 annually for medical fees or private insurance if you aren't on the group plan.
- Optimized workspace: we equip you in-office or provide $1000 every three years to perfect your home office or co-working setup.
- Peer-to-peer recognition: earn gratitude bonuses and swap them for swag, massage vouchers, or team adventures.
NEXT STEPS
- Intro call — conversation with the Recruiter
- Technical & experience interview — background, delivery cases, and system design task with CTO
- Final interview — culture fit and strategic alignment
Tech Delivery Manager
Who we are
Joi AI is a platform for AI-lationships — personalized, emotionally intelligent connections between people and AI characters. We build characters that have their own personality, mood, and voice: they can ignore you, argue with you, miss you. If you've seen the film Her — that's roughly where we're headed.
Our platform serves both emotional and intimate needs without judgment, built on the values of rejection-free connection, sex positivity, freedom to be yourself, and ethical integrity. Today we have tens of millions of conversations on the platform. Our goal: 10% of the global population in long-term AI-lationships with our characters.
Joi Lab (joilab.ai) is our open research arm — we build open-source generative models, agent architectures, and training infrastructure. All code, weights, and data are public. We're not chasing the next ChatGPT wrapper; we're working on true AI agency: persistent memory, self-modification, self-authored constraints.
The role
You'll be the bridge between a founder, a CTO, and an AI engineering team — not by authority, but by making sure they're all building the same thing.
The teams are strong and fast-moving. That's exactly the problem: without someone holding the thread, context gets lost, priorities clash, and good engineers start blocking each other. That's where you come in.
You'll own delivery across a ~30-person R&D org. No direct reports — your leverage is clarity, trust, and the ability to walk into a room of senior engineers and be taken seriously. When a developer says "we can't do this," you'll know whether that's true. When a founder brings a new priority, you'll know how to push back without burning the relationship.
The product is in active development. This is the moment when a strong delivery person can genuinely change the pace of what gets shipped — not by adding process, but by removing friction nobody else has time to name.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Own end-to-end delivery across ML and backend teams
- Act as a bridge between ML and R&D, ensuring alignment and smooth collaboration
- Manage priorities, dependencies, and cross-team communication
- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks impacting time-to-market
- Ensure that features are delivered to production without loss of context or quality
- Work closely with engineering, product, QA, and DevOps teams
- Support teams in task decomposition and prioritization from a technical perspective
- Drive execution in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Strong engineering background (Backend or Machine Learning)
- Solid understanding of system architecture and technical dependencies
- Hands-on mindset and ability to dive into technical details when needed
- Experience working with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- High level of ownership and adaptability
- Confidence working in dynamic, high-pressure environments
- 5+ years of experience, including:
- hands-on development experience
- experience in delivery / team leadership / management roles
WHY JOI
- You're joining the company that's redefining what relationships with AI look like — before the category gets crowded
- We move fast: ideas become live experiments in days, not quarters
- Joi Lab gives you access to frontier model research — open-source, no corporate gatekeeping
- Small team, high trust, high ownership — you'll see the direct impact of your work
- Work from anywhere with our fully remote, full-time setup.
- Standard 28-day annual leave policy.
- 7 yearly wellness days for life admin or recovery—no sick notes needed.
- Referral rewards up to $5000 for helping us hire top talent.
- We cover 50% of costs for training, conferences, and global meetups.
- Subsidized English classes through our corporate discount.
- Health support: receive up to $1,000 annually for medical fees or private insurance if you aren't on the group plan.
- Optimized workspace: we equip you in-office or provide $1000 every three years to perfect your home office or co-working setup.
- Peer-to-peer recognition: earn gratitude bonuses and swap them for swag, massage vouchers, or team adventures.
NEXT STEPS
- Intro call — conversation with the Recruiter
- Technical & experience interview — background, delivery cases, and system design task with CTO
- Final interview — culture fit and strategic alignment
Tech Delivery Manager
Who we are
Joi AI is a platform for AI-lationships — personalized, emotionally intelligent connections between people and AI characters. We build characters that have their own personality, mood, and voice: they can ignore you, argue with you, miss you. If you've seen the film Her — that's roughly where we're headed.
Our platform serves both emotional and intimate needs without judgment, built on the values of rejection-free connection, sex positivity, freedom to be yourself, and ethical integrity. Today we have tens of millions of conversations on the platform. Our goal: 10% of the global population in long-term AI-lationships with our characters.
Joi Lab (joilab.ai) is our open research arm — we build open-source generative models, agent architectures, and training infrastructure. All code, weights, and data are public. We're not chasing the next ChatGPT wrapper; we're working on true AI agency: persistent memory, self-modification, self-authored constraints.
The role
You'll be the bridge between a founder, a CTO, and an AI engineering team — not by authority, but by making sure they're all building the same thing.
The teams are strong and fast-moving. That's exactly the problem: without someone holding the thread, context gets lost, priorities clash, and good engineers start blocking each other. That's where you come in.
You'll own delivery across a ~30-person R&D org. No direct reports — your leverage is clarity, trust, and the ability to walk into a room of senior engineers and be taken seriously. When a developer says "we can't do this," you'll know whether that's true. When a founder brings a new priority, you'll know how to push back without burning the relationship.
The product is in active development. This is the moment when a strong delivery person can genuinely change the pace of what gets shipped — not by adding process, but by removing friction nobody else has time to name.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Own end-to-end delivery across ML and backend teams
- Act as a bridge between ML and R&D, ensuring alignment and smooth collaboration
- Manage priorities, dependencies, and cross-team communication
- Identify and eliminate bottlenecks impacting time-to-market
- Ensure that features are delivered to production without loss of context or quality
- Work closely with engineering, product, QA, and DevOps teams
- Support teams in task decomposition and prioritization from a technical perspective
- Drive execution in a fast-paced and constantly evolving environment
WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR
- Strong engineering background (Backend or Machine Learning)
- Solid understanding of system architecture and technical dependencies
- Hands-on mindset and ability to dive into technical details when needed
- Experience working with cross-functional teams
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- High level of ownership and adaptability
- Confidence working in dynamic, high-pressure environments
- 5+ years of experience, including:
- hands-on development experience
- experience in delivery / team leadership / management roles
WHY JOI
- You're joining the company that's redefining what relationships with AI look like — before the category gets crowded
- We move fast: ideas become live experiments in days, not quarters
- Joi Lab gives you access to frontier model research — open-source, no corporate gatekeeping
- Small team, high trust, high ownership — you'll see the direct impact of your work
- Work from anywhere with our fully remote, full-time setup.
- Standard 28-day annual leave policy.
- 7 yearly wellness days for life admin or recovery—no sick notes needed.
- Referral rewards up to $5000 for helping us hire top talent.
- We cover 50% of costs for training, conferences, and global meetups.
- Subsidized English classes through our corporate discount.
- Health support: receive up to $1,000 annually for medical fees or private insurance if you aren't on the group plan.
- Optimized workspace: we equip you in-office or provide $1000 every three years to perfect your home office or co-working setup.
- Peer-to-peer recognition: earn gratitude bonuses and swap them for swag, massage vouchers, or team adventures.
NEXT STEPS
- Intro call — conversation with the Recruiter
- Technical & experience interview — background, delivery cases, and system design task with CTO
- Final interview — culture fit and strategic alignment