Head of Platform

Head of Platform (permanent position) – Austin, TX vicinity

Our client is building the Human Operating System! The technology is an adaptive intelligence system that senses, interprets and trains human performance in real time. The platform ingests multimodal bio signals, estimates human state, executes closed-loop adaptation, and continuously learns across individuals and populations. It powers every training experience today and forms the foundation for a programmable ecosystem in the future.

The VP, Platform is the architectural and technical owner of our client’s adaptive runtime system, currently implemented within a VR-based software environment. This is a permanent, equity-based position in Austin, TX and offers a competitive base salary and great benefits. No visa sponsorship or subcontracting arrangements are available.

The Role: VP, Platform / Software

This role is responsible for scaling and hardening a real-time, multimodal, closed-loop intelligence system that integrates biosignal processing, AI-driven state modeling, and adaptive training inside an immersive VR runtime.

You will lead the evolution of a tightly integrated VR-based adaptive system into a modular, scalable platform architecture while ensuring performance, reliability, and production-grade AI/ML deployment.

Core Responsibilities

Adaptive System Architecture

Architect and scale a real-time multimodal adaptive runtime system
Define system boundaries across signal processing, state modeling, runtime execution, and interfaces
Guide the evolution from integrated VR implementation to modular platform services

AI/ML & Personalization Infrastructure

Own state modeling, personalization engines, and reinforcement learning systems
Define model lifecycle management (training, validation, versioning, deployment, monitoring)
Prevent model drift and ensure safe adaptation at scale

Data Integrity & Governance

Establish end-to-end data integrity standards across ingestion, processing, storage, and reporting
Define data schemas, validation pipelines, and reproducibility standards
Ensure healthcare-aligned data governance, security, and compliance readiness

Population Learning & Experimentation

Build structured experimentation frameworks
Own cross-user analytics infrastructure
Ensure statistical rigor in state scoring and outcome validation

Platform & API Strategy

Develop APIs and tooling that enable configurable and future creator-built experiences
Define clear boundaries between intelligence services and interface layers
Drive the long-term roadmap from product-integrated system to programmable platform

Team & Technical Leadership

Lead and scale multidisciplinary engineering teams (VR, backend, ML)
Establish engineering standards and architectural discipline
Translate long-term platform vision into phased execution

Required Experience

10+ years of engineering leadership, including ownership of large-scale platform architecture
Experience architecting and shipping real-time, state-driven or event-driven systems (e.g., AR/VR, gaming engines, robotics, autonomous systems, health tech, or similar)
Production experience deploying AI/ML systems, including model lifecycle management (training, validation, versioning, monitoring)
Experience integrating AI/ML into user-facing products, not just research environments
Experience designing multimodal or high-frequency data systems (sensor data, streaming data, telemetry, etc.)
Proven ability to modulate tightly integrated systems into scalable, service-oriented architecture
Experience building and scaling multidisciplinary engineering teams (backend, ML, client, data)
Strong systems thinking with demonstrated ability to define clean architectural boundaries

If you're ready to step into a role where your skills directly shape organizational success, where every day tests your abilities in new ways, and where you'll grow alongside visionary leadership—this is your opportunity.

Contact Martha Michaux at mmichaux@hirenetworks.com or (919)981-6200 x314 with questions regarding this posting. A Word resume is preferred when applying.

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