Founding / Applied AI Engineer

A well-funded early-stage technology company is seeking a Founding Applied AI Engineer to lead the development of production-grade AI agents. This is a high-impact role combining hands-on technical execution with strategic ownership, ideal for someone excited about building cutting-edge agent systems from the ground up.

The engineer in this role will own core agent development, infrastructure and orchestration, evaluation frameworks, and data pipelines. You’ll join a small, highly capable engineering team and play a foundational role in shaping both the product and the technical culture.

What You’ll Do

Build, maintain, and scale infrastructure capable of handling high volumes of LLM-powered queries with strong accuracy and performance
Develop and fine-tune AI agents using a combination of code, prompt engineering, and model selection
Design and integrate backend systems that connect to complex, large-scale data sources
Experiment with and evaluate new models, tools, and techniques to continuously improve agent quality and capabilities
Own major product and engineering initiatives end to end, with clear accountability for outcomes
Collaborate closely with engineers and cross-functional partners to help shape the team and company culture
Tech stack: Python, Typescript, NodeJS, AWS, React

The Ideal Candidate

Strong experience building with LLMs and deploying AI agents into production environments
Deep interest in the evolving AI landscape, including prompt engineering and model evaluation
A high-ownership, founder-minded approach to work with comfort operating in ambiguity
Ability to independently solve complex technical problems through prototyping, debugging, and experimentation
Experience building scalable software systems in fast-moving environments
Early stage start up experience

What’s Offered

$200,000-250,000 + equity
Early team member - significant ownership

Apply below if you're interested!

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