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New York / $160000 - $200000 annum

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Salary
SALARY:

$160000 - $200000

Location

LOCATION

New York

Job Type
JOB TYPE

Permanent

AI Engineer - LLMs | Generative AI | RAG Systems

Location: Hybrid NYC

Type: Full-time | Permanent

Industry: TravelTech / AI Innovation

Compensation: $160k -$200k + Strong Comission and Unlimited PTO

We're partnered with a well-funded, mission-driven company that's redefining how travelers interact with expert advisors through cutting-edge AI. Backed by top-tier investors and led by experienced tech executives, the team is now hiring a forward-thinking AI Engineer to help build the future of intelligent, conversational travel solutions.

What You'll Do

  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Product, Design, and Engineering, to ideate and ship new AI-powered features
  • Rapidly prototype generative AI concepts to validate hypotheses and user experience improvements
  • Improve and scale existing LLM-based systems using advanced prompting, fine-tuning, and model orchestration techniques
  • Research and evaluate third-party models and tools to inform build vs. buy decisions
  • Translate product requirements into clear, technical AI engineering specifications
  • Contribute to a strong engineering culture through technical documentation, peer collaboration, and open communication
  • Make informed decisions in ambiguous or fast-moving contexts

What You'll Bring

  • Strong experience applying LLMs, RAG, and NLP in production environments
  • Hands-on expertise with both open-source and commercial foundation models (e.g., OpenAI, Anthropic, Meta)
  • Solid Python skills and understanding of classical ML, embeddings, vector databases, and search systems
  • Experience building and maintaining APIs for internal or external consumers
  • Comfort working across the stack of data engineering, model experimentation, and deployment
  • Proven ability to optimize generative AI systems for latency and cost
  • Exceptional communication skills - you're able to explain complex concepts clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Bonus Points For

  • Experience with agentic AI systems or fine-tuning smaller models
  • Familiarity with conversational AI tools and frameworks
  • Background or curiosity in travel or personalized recommendation domains

Why Join?

  • Join a high-caliber team that blends AI expertise with deep product insight
  • Shape truly novel products with real-world impact
  • Competitive compensation, strong equity offering, and a flexible working culture

CONTACT

Cassie Wandell

Recruitment Consultant

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