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We are looking for a Senior Artificial Intelligence Engineer to join our team and drive the development of AIpowered financial products and features. In this role you will design and maintain AI infrastructure optimize machine learning models and integrate cuttingedge LLM solutions into production. If youre passionate about applying AI to realworld problems and scaling intelligent systems wed love to hear from you!
AI Strategy & Innovation: Help drive Kikoffs AI strategy by influencing technical and product decisions and proposing AIdriven solutions to business and user problems.
AI Infrastructure & Operations: Design build and maintain robust AI infrastructure including data pipelines model deployment and monitoring.
Technical Evaluation: Assess and select AI/ML tools frameworks and vendors to enhance our capabilities.
CrossFunctional Collaboration: Work closely with data scientists engineers and product managers to integrate AI models into production systems.
Model Performance & Optimization: Continuously monitor evaluate and refine deployed models to meet accuracy and efficiency goals.
Experimentation & A/B Testing: Design and execute experiments to optimize AI and product performance and ensure alignment with business objectives.
Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers fostering a culture of learning and innovation.
Education: Bachelors degree in Computer Science Engineering Mathematics or a related field (advanced degree preferred).
Experience: At least 5 years in software engineering with a proven track record of deploying AI (preferably LLMbased) solutions in production.
Technical Expertise:
Proficiency in Python or Ruby.
Deep understanding of data structures algorithms and software design.
Experience with LLM techniques including prompt engineering.
Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWS GCP) and containerization (Docker Kubernetes).
Strong analytical skills with experience in predictive modeling statistical analysis and machine learning algorithms.
Communication: Ability to articulate complex technical concepts to both technical and nontechnical stakeholders effectively
About Kikoff:
Kikoff is the fastest consumer fintech to hit $100MM ARR and is reinventing the credit space offering creditbuilding solutions that are affordable accessible and educational to address the catch 22 on improving credit. Our core product the Kikoff Credit Account has helped over 1 million customers build better credit. Kikoff has been featured by Nerdwallet Forbes Buzzfeed Business Insider CNBC and others; and our app has a 4.9 rating amongst thousands of reviews. But Kikoff is more than just a credit builder: we are a longterm financial partner for our customers and we have an exciting product roadmap of solutions to help our customers reach their financial goals.
Why Kikoff:
This is a consumer fintech startup and you will be working with serial entrepreneurs who have built strong consumer brands and innovative products. We are backed by some of Silicon Valleys top VCs. We value extreme ownership clear communication a strong sense of craftsmanship and the desire to create lasting work and work relationships. Yes you can build an exciting business AND have reallife realcustomer impact.
US salary range for this fulltime position consists of base equity benefits
Medical dental and vision coverage Kikoff covers the full cost of health insurance for the employee!
Stock Options
Visa sponsorship available: Kikoff is willing to provide sponsorship for H1B visas and U.S. green cards for exceptional talent.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement:
Kikoff Inc. is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to complying with all federal state and local laws providing equal employment opportunities and considers qualified applicants without regard to race color religion creed gender national origin age disability veteran status marital status pregnancy sex gender expression or identity sexual orientation citizenship or any other legally protected class.
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San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance Kikoff will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Full-Time