Applied AI Engineer

Applied AI Engineer

Location: NYC Employment Type: Full-time On-site: 5 days/week in-office

Our client, an AI-first company backed by top-tier investors, is looking for an Applied AI Engineer to join their team. They are building a platform that applies AI to every step of bringing new therapies to market, ensuring patients get life-changing treatments as quickly and affordably as possible. This role is a high-impact opportunity to work on real-world production use cases of LLMs and other ML techniques to solve complex business problems.

This is a demanding role with a high level of autonomy. The client is looking for someone who can "act like an owner" and take end-to-end responsibility for projects, from initial definition and design through to launch and success.

What You'll Do

• Spearhead AI projects across the product, including classifications, data extraction, content generation, and building AI-powered bots.
• Drive zero-to-one product development, from concept to production, in collaboration with go-to-market and operations teams.
• Stay on top of emerging AI methods and make decisions about which models and techniques to use.
• Establish research strategies and evaluation protocols for various AI methods.
• Prototype and productionize AI functionality and agents, refining them with real-world feedback.
• Participate in client engagements, working directly with customers to understand their needs and deliver innovative solutions.
• Develop engineering processes and tools to support faster AI product development and scaling.
• Work closely with the CEO and team to make business decisions that balance growth and long-term profitability.