Expert / Director of Al

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**About the Role** OKX is looking for a Senior Director of AI to lead both people and product — building and managing a high-calibre AI team while staying deeply involved in the design, evaluation, and production deployment of autonomous agent systems. This role calls for a leader who leads by doing: technically grounded, sharp on product judgment, and able to translate both into tangible business outcomes. **What You'll Do** - **Team Leadership** — Build, manage, and develop a team of AI engineers and researchers; own hiring, growth, and performance across the function - **Agent Product Delivery** — Lead end-to-end delivery of autonomous AI Agent products, covering the full lifecycle from requirements and architecture through to production operations - **Eval-Driven Development** — Establish benchmark-driven evaluation frameworks that replace manual iteration with quantifiable quality signals across agent systems - **Agent Harness Design** — Design and implement end-to-end Agent Harness infrastructure to ensure agent stability and reliability in complex, real-world scenarios - **LLM** **Orchestration** — Orchestrate creative reasoning steps alongside deterministic guardrails, finding the right balance between flexibility and control - **Engineering Workflow Integration** — Embed AI Agent capabilities deeply into core products and engineering pipelines, improving both developer productivity and business value - **Cross-functional Alignment** — Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to ensure technical direction stays tightly aligned with strategic priorities **What We're Looking For** *Must-have* - Master's or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a related field (PhD preferred) - 10+ years of experience in AI/ML research, productization, or platform development, including core technical or leadership roles at globally recognized technology companies - Deep expertise in LLMs and Generative AI, deep learning, reinforcement learning, recommendation systems, and related areas - Proven track record of translating AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes - End-to-end delivery experience with autonomous AI Agent products, from inception and architecture through to production operations - Hands-on experience integrating AI deeply into engineering and development workflows — such as AI coding assistants, automated code review, or developer productivity tooling - Proficiency in Mandarin and English is required to collaborate across our multilingual, cross-regional teams *Nice to have* - Background at an AI-native startup or frontier AI lab, with familiarity with fast-cycle product iteration - AI publications, patents, or industry-recognized technical contributions - Familiarity with the unique technical challenges of applying AI in crypto, fintech, or high-frequency data environments Notice: All official OKX vacancies are published on this website. While roles may appear on selected third-party platforms from time to time, information on other sites may be inaccurate or outdated. **If in doubt, please apply directly through our official careers website.** Information collected and processed as part of the recruitment process of any job application you choose to submit is subject to OKX's [Candidate Privacy Notice](https://www.okx.com/en-eu/help/okx-candidate-privacy-notice).