AI Engineer

Haystack • Full-time • San Francisco, CA, US • $220k - $330k / year • 1d ago

We're hiring on behalf of a Haystack partner!

The Role

Define, develop, document, and own scalable solution blueprints and delivery playbooks for GenAI/Hybrid-AI deployments on dedicated on-premises hardware.
Collaborate closely with customers, partners, product management, and engineering teams to tailor solutions to specific vertical requirements and constraints.
Design and develop reference architectures and proofs-of-concept, optimizing models and pipelines for performance, latency, accuracy, and cost.
Integrate and apply advanced AI models including LLMs, VLMs, VLAs, and computer vision stacks.
Architect and implement production-grade patterns for video analytics, enterprise GenAI (e.g., RAG, copilots), and multimodal agents interacting with enterprise systems.
Design hybrid AI architectures, partitioning workloads across edge devices, on-premises appliances, and cloud environments.

What You'll Need

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field, with significant years of experience in Systems Engineering or AI/ML.
Proven track record architecting and shipping complex, systems-level AI solutions that consider application, runtime, and platform factors.
Deep hands-on proficiency with AI model lifecycles, including selection, fine-tuning, compression, quantization, and hardware-aware optimization.
Expertise in designing hybrid AI strategies and strong software engineering foundations (Python/C++), containerization, and inference/runtime stacks.
Customer-facing experience launching new AI products and driving POCs to production with clear KPIs.
Excellent communication and leadership skills to influence across teams and engage with customers and executives.

What's On Offer

A competitive salary in the range of $220,200 - $330,400.
Opportunity to work on pioneering on-premises AI appliance technology.
Be part of a fast-growing business unit at the forefront of AI and edge computing innovation.
Comprehensive benefits package designed to support personal and professional success.

Apply via Haystack today!