Applied AI Engineer (San Francisco)

Company – Our client is a tech startup operating at the forefront of AI-native software innovation. With strong financial backing and a founding team of industry veterans, they are redefining how data, automation, and intelligent systems come together to drive real business outcomes. Their culture emphasizes rapid iteration, ownership, and customer impact. Job Title – Applied AI Engineer Location – Hybrid in either San Francisco, CA; New York City, NY; or Vancouver, BC Role Type – Direct Hire Must Have Skills 4+ years building and owning backend/platform systems end-to-end, preferably as a Founding Engineer Strong ability to quickly stand up cloud infrastructure in an entrepreneurial environment Comfortable shipping in tight loops—build fast, learn quickly, and iterate based on real user feedback Exposure to agent orchestration, planning, retrieval systems, or graph-structured data (highly preferred) Responsibilities and Job Details Ingest and unify multi-source data (CRM and beyond) into a semi-structured context graph that informs winning strategies Design and implement agentic systems (planner/executor patterns) to turn data into actions Collaborate with product and GTM teams to deliver capabilities through native user surfaces like apps, chat, and integrations Define and wire observability and success metrics such as adoption, retention, and pipeline impact Tune trade-offs between accuracy, latency, and cost for AI systems running in production Build fallback mechanisms and safeguards for robust, real-world performance Work closely with customers to measure, validate, and iterate on product outcomes Contribute to a high-trust, high-ownership engineering culture focused on small, fast, and impactful shipping cycles Operate in a senior, nimble team with significant surface area and ownership over product direction and infrastructure decisions Seniority level Not Applicable Employment type Full-time Job function Information Technology Industries IT Services and IT Consulting We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-10-06