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# AI Engineer

- **Company:** MeritFirst Solutions LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Salary:** $100,000.0 - $250,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Python (Programming Language), SQL Databases, TypeScript, Scripting, Large Language Models
- **Published:** June 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=1cc41972429aac75

## About the Role

Do you have experience in APIs?, * You've shipped real software with LLMs and AI APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or comparable); strong in Python plus TypeScript, SQL, or scripting

 * You thrive in ambiguity and minimal context - you're done building demos and want work that matters
 * Systems thinker who maps a workflow end to end and sees where AI creates leverage
 * You communicate as well with a non-technical operator as with an engineer
 * Bonus: multi-site operations, professional services, or PE-backed / operator-adjacent experience

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