Artificial Intelligence Engineer
surge groupMillbrae (CA)
Artificial Intelligence Engineer
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surge groupMillbrae (CA)
SENIORITY
Lead
About the role
We are working with a number ofhigh-growth AI startupshiring engineers focused specifically on building AI products in production. These are not traditional ML research roles. The focus is on taking the latest models and techniques and turning them into reliable products, workflows and systems used by real customers. You could be joining an early team building from 0-1 or a well-funded AI company scaling quickly after finding strong product-market fit.
The Role:
We are looking to speak with Applied AI Engineerswho enjoy working at the intersection of software engineering, product and machine learning. You could be: Building production-grade LLM applications and agentic workflows Designing RAG, retrieval and knowledge systems Building evaluations, guardrails and observability for AI products Working with structured and unstructured data at scale Experimenting with models, prompting, fine-tuning and inference strategies Integrating AI systems into real customer workflows Taking AI features from prototype through production
What We're Looking For:
- Strong Python and software engineering fundamentals
- Hands-on experience building with modern LLMsExperience shipping AI or ML products into production
- Familiarity with RAG, agents, evaluations or model orchestration
- Strong product judgment and experimentation skills
- Ability to move quickly in ambiguous, early-stage environments
- Genuine interest in building practical AI systems rather than purely academic research
Why Join:
- Work directly with founders and small technical teams
- Build at the frontier of applied AIOwn AI systems from experimentation through production
- Ship quickly and see direct customer feedback
- Work on genuinely 0-1 problems
- Join companies where AI is the core product rather than an add-on
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