Founding AI Engineer

David Joseph & Company
New York, NY, United States
3 months ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
3 years minimum
Compensation
$132,000.0 - $165,000.0
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems Large Language Models Build Management

Job description

  • Own and ship AI features end-to-end from concept to production across full-stack systems
  • Design and build LLM-powered product features used by large-scale active user base
  • Architect and maintain AI systems including prompt orchestration, memory, and contextual personalization
  • Develop retrieval systems leveraging embeddings, RAG pipelines, and financial data grounding
  • Build evaluation frameworks to measure model quality, reasoning accuracy, and safety
  • Optimize model performance, latency, and cost efficiency in production environments
  • Implement guardrails and compliance controls for AI systems in regulated financial contexts
  • Collaborate directly with founders and cross-functional teams to iterate quickly on product features

Requirements

Do you have experience in System design?, * 3+ years of production software engineering experience or exceptional new graduate

  • Hands-on experience shipping LLM-powered applications in production
  • Experience with RAG systems, embeddings, or retrieval architectures
  • Strong backend engineering fundamentals and system design experience
  • Ability to own systems end-to-end and operate independently

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