Applied AI Engineer (Founding Team)

Type of employment: Permanent, Full-time
Work model: Fully remote (United States or Canada)
Ideal experience: Applied AI, LLM Systems, Production Machine Learning

Why join this opportunity?

Our client is an early-stage, well-funded AI startup building a next-generation consumer AI platform designed to help people automate everyday tasks, workflows, and errands through intelligent, real-world task execution.

This is a rare opportunity to join as a founding engineer and help shape how AI capabilities become reliable product experiences. You'll work alongside a highly technical team in a fast-paced environment where ownership, curiosity, and execution are highly valued.

What you'll do

Build AI-powered product features from model to production.
Design prompts, tool use, memory systems, and agent workflows.
Turn raw model outputs into reliable, structured user experiences.
Debug issues across models, orchestration, infrastructure, and product.
Improve latency, reliability, cost, and production performance.
Develop lightweight evaluation frameworks driven by real-world usage.
Partner closely with product, ML, and engineering teams to solve ambiguous problems.

What we're looking for

Strong foundation in machine learning and modern neural networks.
Experience training, fine-tuning, or deploying production ML models.
Strong Python software engineering skills.
Experience working with LLMs and modern AI systems.
Ability to work across the full stack of AI systems, from models through infrastructure and product.
Strong ownership and problem-solving skills.
Comfortable working in fast-moving startup environments.

Tech Stack

Python
PyTorch / JAX
Modern LLMs
vLLM or similar inference frameworks
Vector databases

Why this role?

Founding engineer opportunity at a well-funded AI startup.
Build AI systems that directly impact millions of users.
Work across the full AI lifecycle from model behavior to production.
Fully remote across the United States and Canada.
Small, high-caliber engineering team with direct access to leadership.
Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
401(k) with employer match (U.S.).
Visa sponsorship available where applicable.