Founding AI Engineer
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$ 120000 - 250000
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Job Description
Founding AI Engineer
Location: Hybrid New York City (3-5 days/week in office)
Position Type: Full-Time (Permanent)
Work Policy: Hybrid (no long-term visa sponsorship; can process quick visas)
Start Timeline: ASAP
About
This early-stage AI startup is building a new category of AI application by pioneering digital twins of real users that companies can interview indefinitely. The platform combines deep AI research with production-grade engineering to create synthetic user simulations that transform how organizations understand and engage with their customers.
Why join
Be an early foundational team member with significant influence over technical and product direction
Work on synthetic user simulations privacy-first architectures and large-scale AI deployments
Collaborate with a low-ego high-agency team committed to building something unique and impactful
Combine cutting-edge AI research with shipping high-quality production systems
Compensation
Base Salary: $120000 - $250000 (dependent on experience)
Tech environment
Languages: Python (primary) SQL (PostgreSQL) TypeScript (preferred for full-stack)
Frameworks: LLMs NLP orchestrated AI (TTS/STT agents vector search)
Infrastructure: AWS CI/CD pipelines containerization
Frontend (preferred): React
Role summary
The Founding AI Engineer will own the architecture development and deployment of LLM-powered synthetic user simulations. This role blends research and engineeringrequiring the ability to explore novel AI methods while shipping stable scalable products.
Responsibilities
Design and implement synthetic user simulation architectures integrated with interview pipelines
Deploy AI systems in production with measurable business impact
Build optimize and maintain backend APIs and database systems
Lead AWS infrastructure deployments and manage CI/CD pipelines
Collaborate with product and research teams to translate ideas into production features
Ensure system scalability reliability and privacy compliance
Must-have qualifications
4 years professional ML/AI engineering OR recent PhD with relevant research
Built and deployed ML models in production with measurable business impact
Deep experience with LLMs NLP and orchestrated AI frameworks (TTS/STT agents vector search)
Expert Python developer with strong backend/API design and PostgreSQL experience
Experience leading AWS infrastructure deployments and managing CI/CD pipelines
Strong communication skills and collaborative approach
Ability to thrive in a high-agency fast-paced environment
Ability to work in-person in NYC 3-5 days/week
Preferred qualifications
Experience with synthetic users digital twins or simulations
Full-stack development with and containerization
Publications in AI/ML research or significant research project experience
Startup or fast-growing company experience with demonstrated impact
Employment Type
Full Time
