Staff AI Engineer

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Manhattan / $250000 - $350000 annum

INFO

Salary
SALARY:

$250000 - $350000

Location

LOCATION

Manhattan

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

STAFF AI ENGINEER

New York, United States (On-site / Hybrid)


The Role

We're hiring a Staff AI Engineer to build and scale production-grade GenAI systems powering enterprise AI applications.

This is a high-ownership IC role focused on LLM systems, agent frameworks, and production AI infrastructure. You'll turn foundation models into reliable, scalable systems that power copilots, automation, and internal AI workflows.

You'll operate across architecture and implementation with fast iteration from idea to production.


What You'll Build

  • Production LLM-powered services and applications
  • Enterprise copilots and chat-based systems
  • Text-to-code and natural language SQL interfaces
  • Agent frameworks and tool-using AI systems
  • Workflow automation powered by foundation models
  • API layers for LLM integration across systems
  • Scalable, secure GenAI deployments
  • CI/CD pipelines for AI services

What You Bring

  • 8-12+ years software or ML engineering experience
  • Strong experience building production LLM or ML systems
  • Deep understanding of foundation models and LLM APIs
  • Strong backend and distributed systems experience
  • Experience with AWS production environments
  • Kubernetes / containerized deployment experience
  • Strong systems thinking (latency, scaling, reliability trade-offs)

Strong Preference For

  • ML engineering background over traditional full-stack
  • Experience building GenAI or agentic systems in production
  • Strong analytical background (PhD-level NLP/CV a plus)

Why This Role

  • Build foundational GenAI systems with real enterprise impact
  • High ownership across architecture and execution
  • Fast iteration cycles from idea to production
  • High visibility and technical influence
  • Opportunity to shape core AI infrastructure

CONTACT

Calum Reid

Senior Manager

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