AI Engineer – New York City
Location: New York, NY (Hybrid)
Salary: $110,000 – $140,000 depending on experience
Type: Permanent | Full-Time
Intellect Group is actively placing AI Engineers with high-growth technology and AI-first companies across New York City.
Whether you're a recent grad with strong fundamentals or an early-career engineer who's already shipped AI into production, we want to hear from you. We partner with funded AI startups, fintech innovators, and established technology businesses who are hiring AI engineering talent right now — and New York's AI scene has never moved faster.
This is your chance to work on real problems, with real stakes, at companies that are building the next generation of intelligent systems.
What You'll Be Doing
• Designing, building, and deploying machine learning models and AI-powered features into production
• Working with LLMs, NLP, and deep learning frameworks to solve meaningful business problems
• Building and maintaining end-to-end AI pipelines in collaboration with data scientists and engineering teams
• Experimenting with prompt engineering, fine-tuning, and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
• Contributing to model evaluation, testing, monitoring, and continuous improvement
• Staying close to the latest AI research and translating it into practical, scalable applications
What We're Looking For
• A degree in Computer Science, AI, Mathematics, Data Science, or a related field (Master's a plus, not a must)
• Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Hugging Face
• Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals — neural networks, transformers, classification, regression, and model evaluation
• Exposure to LLMs, generative AI, or NLP through coursework, projects, internships, or personal builds
• A problem-solving mindset, intellectual curiosity, and a genuine drive to build things that work
• Clear communication skills — you can explain what you built, why it matters, and what you'd do differently
Bonus Points
• Experience with cloud platforms: AWS, GCP, or Azure
• Familiarity with vector databases, embeddings, or RAG pipelines
• MLOps experience — Docker, FastAPI, CI/CD, or similar deployment tooling
• Open-source contributions, Kaggle competitions, or side projects that show you build for fun
• Prior experience in fintech, media, healthcare, or enterprise SaaS (all strong sectors in the NYC AI market)
What's on Offer
• $110,000 – $140,000 base salary depending on experience
• Roles across Manhattan, Brooklyn, and hybrid-friendly companies throughout the metro area
• Fast-moving environments where your work ships and has real impact
• Clear growth path into senior and staff AI engineering roles
• The support of a specialized recruitment team with deep roots in the AI, data, and machine learning market
Apply Now
If you have strong technical foundations and a genuine interest in building AI systems that matter, apply today and a member of the Intellect Group team will be in touch.
