About this role
The Director of Product is a full-time leadership position based in San Francisco with FriendliAI to direct the product strategy of their AI inference platform. This hands-on role suits a technically strong product professional experienced in AI infrastructure who can collaborate with engineering teams to simplify complex system deployments.
Role Overview
FriendliAI seeks a Director of Product to own the product vision and roadmap for their inference platform, spanning model serving, APIs, and developer-facing capabilities. The position requires balancing performance, cost, and usability while helping build and lead the product organization.
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About the Company
FriendliAI provides an inference cloud for agents designed to run frontier open-weight models in production at scale. The company delivers high-speed output token performance, reduced inference costs, and high uptime for demanding agent workloads.
How to Apply
Candidates should apply on the official company careers page.
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Where is the Director of Product role located?
The position is based in San Francisco.
How many years of experience are required for this role?
Candidates must have 10+ years of product management experience, with significant experience owning technically complex platforms or infrastructure products.
What kind of background or technical understanding is needed?
Applicants need a deep understanding of AI inference and LLM serving architectures, including prefill versus decode, KV cache, token streaming, batching, routing, and GPU utilization.
What benefits are provided with this position?
Benefits include competitive compensation, startup equity, health insurance, health check-up support, flexible working hours, daily lunch and dinner, unlimited snacks and beverages, and top-tier equipment or hardware support.