--- title: Team Lead, Ecosystems at Ambient.ai in Redwood City, CA description: Ambient.ai is hiring for the Team Lead, Ecosystems role in Redwood City, CA. Pays $170K–$230K per year. See the full description and apply. type: job url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/team-lead-ecosystems-at-ambient-ai-01a141fd-f33e-74e6-805c-af29a969c9c2 date: 2026-10-16T00:19:33Z og_description: Join Ambient.ai as Team Lead, Ecosystems in Redwood City, CA. Pays $170K–$230K per year. Full-time, hybrid role. og_image: https://www.foundrole.com/og/ohlkrj.png breadcrumbs: - label: Home url: https://www.foundrole.com/ - label: Search url: https://www.foundrole.com/jobs --- | | | |---|---| | **Company** | [Ambient.ai](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/ambient-ai?utm_source=ai_markdown) | | **Location** | Redwood City, CA (Hybrid) | | **Salary** | $170K/yr - $230K/yr | | **Type** | Full Time | | **Posted** | Oct 15, 2026 | ## Description **Build a safer world with us, one incident at a time.** Ambient.ai is the category creator and leader in Agentic Physical Security. Powered by Ambient Pulsar, the first reasoning Vision-Language Model purpose-built for physical security, our platform seamlessly integrates with existing security cameras and physical access control systems to unify monitoring, access control, threat assessment, response, and investigations through an always-on reasoning layer that augments security operators with superhuman capabilities. The results: 95% fewer false alarms, investigations 20x faster, and 10x faster response. The momentum speaks for itself: we doubled new ARR in FY26, and have delivered results for world-class customers including Cisco, ServiceNow, SentinelOne, TikTok, Bayer, and MoMA. That kind of momentum creates an environment where great people thrive, and it shows: we recently ranked #71 out of 500 on the [Forbes best startup employers list](https://www.forbes.com/lists/americas-best-startup-employers/). Founded in 2017 and backed by Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, and Allegion Ventures, Ambient.ai is on a fast-paced journey to fulfill our mission: prevent every security incident possible. Ready to learn more? Connect with us on [**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ambient-ai/?viewAsMember=true) and [**YouTube**](https://www.youtube.com/@ambient-ai-inc) ## **The role** You'll lead the Ecosystems team: the engineers who connect [Ambient.ai](http://Ambient.ai) to the Physical Access Control Systems (PACS) our customers run, and who are extending into new access control capabilities. You'll own both the team and the partner relationships behind it. The team's work ranges from building and maintaining PACS integrations that customers depend on every day to developing new access control products from an early, ambiguous starting point. You'll set direction and priorities across all of it. Every alarm Ambient Access Intelligence verifies depends on this team's integrations, so reliability is part of the job, alongside building what comes next. This is a player-coach role. You'll manage and grow a small team, stay close enough to the code to make sound architecture calls, and represent [Ambient.ai](http://Ambient.ai) credibly with partner engineering and product leaders. You'll report into EPD leadership. ## **What you'll do** **Lead the team** - Hire, manage, and grow a team of backend and integration engineers, and set a high bar for ownership of production systems. - Split the team's capacity between integration delivery and new product development, and rebalance as priorities shift. - Stay hands-on: review designs, unblock hard debugging, and write code where it moves the team fastest. **Own delivery across both workstreams** - Own the PACS integration roadmap with product: which partners to add, which capabilities to deepen, and what it takes to keep existing integrations reliable. - Set up the operating model for integrations in production: monitoring, on-call, partner escalation paths, and regression testing against partner releases. - Define the architecture and milestones for new access control capabilities, from device communication and credential management to the cloud services and APIs behind them. **Run partner relationships** - Be the primary engineering contact for PACS and hardware partners, from technical scoping through joint roadmap planning. - Negotiate API access, SDK support, test hardware, and escalation commitments, and hold partners to them. - Represent [Ambient.ai](http://Ambient.ai) in partner technical reviews and joint customer escalations, and bring what you learn back into our product strategy. ## **What we're looking for** - Deep experience with access control systems, from the software side (a PACS vendor, a cloud access control company, or an integrator's engineering team) or the hardware side (locks, readers, controllers, credentials). - 6+ years in software engineering, including 2+ years managing engineers or leading a team as a tech lead with people responsibilities. - A track record of shipping and operating integrations with third-party systems, and of building something new from an early, ambiguous starting point. - Experience owning technical relationships with external partners: you've scoped joint work, negotiated access and support, and resolved escalations without losing the relationship. - Strong backend and distributed systems judgment, including systems that span customer-site hardware and the cloud. - Clear communication with engineers, product leaders, partner executives, and customers alike. ## **Nice to have** - Direct experience with PACS, lock, or credential platforms such as LenelS2, C-CURE 9000, Genetec, Brivo, or similar. - Built or led a cloud-managed access control product end-to-end, including controllers, credentials, and mobile access. - Working knowledge of access control protocols and standards: OSDP, Wiegand, BLE and NFC mobile credentials. - IoT platform experience: device provisioning, fleet management, firmware updates, MQTT. - Familiarity with enterprise security buyers and the compliance expectations that come with them (SOC 2, audit trails, role-based access) **Why join us:** - We are creating an entirely new category within a 180+ billion-dollar physical security industry and looking for team members who are also passionate about our mission to prevent every security incident possible - We partner with an incredible customer roster of F500 companies, including Adobe, TikTok, Gap and SentinelOne - Regular Full-time employees receive stock options for the opportunity to share ownership in the success of our company - Comprehensive health + welfare package (Medical, Dental, Vision, Life, EAP, Legal Services, 401k plan) - We offer flexible time off to rest and recharge, including Winter Break (time off between Christmas and New Year’s for most roles, depending on customer demand) - The latest tech and awesome swag will be delivered to your door - Enjoy a full range of opportunities to connect with your awesome co-workers - We love to[hike](https://www.alltrails.com/us/california/redwood-city), are foodies, and love music! Check out our most recent[Ambient Spotify Playlist](https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2kx8dM5h65Tac5UOo0kuWr?si=cebFZmkHQhKEvnoall2rcQ) We’ve found that in-person time meaningfully supports collaboration, creativity, and team alignment. Our talent, engineering, product, design, and marketing teams work from our Redwood City office three days a week. All other Bay Area employees join on Fridays to stay connected and close out the week together. Ready to learn more? Connect with us on[**LinkedIn**](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ambient-ai/?viewAsMember=true)|[**YouTube**](https://www.youtube.com/@ambient2599) #LI-Hybrid Ambient.ai is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Ambient does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender identity, gender expression, national origin, ancestry citizenship, age, physical or mental disability, legally protected medical condition, family care status, military or veteran status, marital status, registered domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other basis protected by local, state, or federal laws. Ambient is an E-Verify participant. ## Skills - Firmware - Distributed Systems - Enterprise Security - Lenel Access Control Systems - Escalation Management - Cloud Computing - Debugging - Technical Leadership - SOC 2 Compliance - Credentialing - Access Controls - Locking Mechanisms - IT Provisioning - Brivo - Picture Archiving and Communication System (Pacs) - Bluetooth Low Energy (Bluetooth) - Planning - Product Strategy - Genetec - Hardware Testing - Message Queuing Telemetry Transport (Mqtt) - New Product Development - Near Field Communication (Nfc) - Software Development Kit (Sdk) - Audit Trail Management - Product Roadmaps - On-Call Coverage - Functional Testing - Communication - Internet Of Things (IoT) ## Benefits - Paid Time Off (Pto) - 401(k) Plans - Legal Services - Health Insurance - Vision Insurance - Mental Health - Employee Stock Options (ESOs) - Life Insurance - Dental Insurance ## Related - [More jobs at Ambient.ai](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/ambient-ai?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Technology & Software jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Software Development jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Technical Lead jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/careers/technology-and-software/software-development/technical-lead?utm_source=ai_markdown)- [Browse all companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) ## Explore this job market - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 276101 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 112678 jobs - [Ambient.ai](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/ambient-ai?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22 jobs ## Related pages - [California](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us/california?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 276101 jobs - [Software Products](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors/technology/software-products?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 112678 jobs - [Ambient.ai](https://www.foundrole.com/companies/ambient-ai?utm_source=ai_markdown) — 22 jobs ## Browse - [Companies](https://www.foundrole.com/companies?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by country](https://www.foundrole.com/locations?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs in the United States by state and city](https://www.foundrole.com/locations/us?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B sponsors by location](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-sponsors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [H1B salaries](https://www.foundrole.com/h1b-salaries?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Sectors and industries](https://www.foundrole.com/sectors?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Jobs by career field](https://www.foundrole.com/careers?utm_source=ai_markdown) - [Latest jobs](https://www.foundrole.com/jobs/latest?utm_source=ai_markdown)