AI Engineering Lead

About the company

Our client is a fintech company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Lead the design, build and ownership of a company's AI systems, from architecture through production. Work directly with the founding leadership, set technical direction for AI work, plan for growth as usage increases, and mentor new engineers. The role is hands-on and based on-site.

What you'll do

- Design, build and operate AI systems end to end, from evaluation through production.

- Own the architecture of AI features across the product.

- Lead and guide AI development efforts and set technical direction.

- Address scaling challenges as the system supports more and more users.

- Ship meaningful improvements to AI features early in the role.

- Interview, hire and mentor engineers who join the team.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- Track record taking multi-step LLM-powered software from concept through testing, monitoring and live operation.

- Working depth across several LLM application frameworks and model types.

- Experience significantly scaling AI products at a fast-moving company.

- Practical skill tailoring model behavior and prompt design to sort items or make reasoned assessments.

- Production backend development experience in Python.

- Experience at a company focused on AI or agents.

- Engineering degree from a highly ranked university.

Bonus points

- Earlier experience launching a new venture as one of its leaders.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 240,000 to 340,000

- Equity

- Retirement plan with employer matching contribution

- Health, dental and vision coverage

- Flexible time off

Location and work model

- New York, NY, United States

- On-site, five days a week in office

- Full-time