Director of Technology and AI

Fireclay Tile is here to revolutionize the tile and design industry. By implementing an innovative digital platform paired with unmatched artisan-crafted products and client service, we've made it easier than ever to specify and purchase beautiful, sustainable tile sourced and handcrafted in the US. Our tireless commitment to innovation, transparency, and sustainability has not gone unrecognized. We aim to grow 25-35% annually and are the first tile company recognized as a B Corp for how we use Business as a Force for Good. With an innovative product, an ambitious team, and an inspiring mission, we're changing the way you think about tile. Come join the makers who support the dreamers! Location: Northern California preferred Team: Two developers, with capacity to build the team over time Compensation: 160K-180K Base The Team You'll Work With You will report to Fireclay's VP of Technology, Dave Meagher, and partner closely with both the VP of Technology and our CEO to shape the next version of Fireclay's technology: a company that runs on AI, end to end. You will lead a small team of developers building across Salesforce, Google Cloud, Shopify, and our Snowflake data layer. The VP of Technology owns the broader roadmap. You will own the AI rollout across every team, the hands-on engineering leadership, and the applied-AI work that turns that roadmap into durable business value. The Challenge Fireclay is AI-forward, and we want someone to own the AI rollout across the entire company, from the factory floor to marketing to sales. We envision a near future where every knowledge worker at Fireclay uses AI all day long, as naturally as email. Production planners, customer service, sales reps, designers, marketers, and finance should each have AI woven into how they work, backed by systems they trust. Getting there is your job. Fireclay Tile has always used technology to do things differently. We were early to the cloud, and over the last few years we have gone well past experimentation: we now run production AI skills, agents, and internal applications that our teams use every day. We are a vertically integrated, employee-owned B Corp that makes beautiful, sustainable tile and helps clients carry a project from inspiration through installation. The work is real: complex product data, factories, supply chain, sales, design, customer service, showrooms, installation, finance, and thousands of decisions that need to happen well every day. Owning AI here means owning more than tools. You will define and run the enterprise architecture, security, governance, and process controls that let AI scale safely across every team. That includes how models and agents access data, who can do what, how work is reviewed, how we audit and observe it, and how we decide what gets built, bought, scaled, or stopped. This is not a role for an AI futurist who stays at 30,000 feet. You will be in the weeds: mapping work, finding constraints, building solutions, coaching teammates, and holding a high bar for security, quality, and measurable impact. How We Work We run our technology team like a software startup inside a manufacturing company. The pace is fast, the team is lean, and shipping matters more than planning decks. In exchange, you get a lot of autonomy. You will have the room to learn the business deeply, decide where technology and AI can add value, and act on it quickly without waiting on layers of approval. With AI, the distance between an idea and a working application is now days, not quarters. It is normal here to scope a problem with a business owner on Friday, build the application with AI over the weekend, and put it in front of real users on Monday. We want someone who finds that energizing, and who knows how to move that fast without cutting corners on security, data integrity, or review. Our Stack Claude, MCP, custom skills and agents, Google Cloud, Salesforce, Shopify Plus, Front, Dialpad, Slack, Hyros, HubSpot The Opportunities You'll …

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