Founding Applied AI Engineer

ABOUT THE ROLE As the first senior AI hire at an AI-powered marketing technology startup, you will own the quality and intelligence of multi-channel marketing agents. You will shape the agent architecture, evaluation systems, and learning loops, and help build the AI team as the company grows. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Improve agent output and content quality across social channels and article writing, making quality measurable through evaluation systems. - Improve search engine optimization and generative engine optimization performance. - Build feedback loops that help agents learn from real-world outcomes and performance signals. - Own and improve AI infrastructure, agent architecture, model strategy, and supporting data pipelines. - Help hire and lead the AI team as the organization grows. WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least 3 years of experience building production machine learning or AI systems, including recent hands-on experience shipping LLM products or agents. - Experience designing evaluation systems and learning from outcome signals at scale, particularly in search, ranking, or recommendations. - Strong TypeScript, including Next.js, and Python skills for building end-to-end products, data analysis, evaluation, and model work. - Strong judgment about output quality, with the ability to make it measurable and actionable. - Experience taking ownership in a startup or small-team environment; experience with search, algorithms, reinforcement learning, or marketing technology is relevant. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Target annual compensation is $180,000 to $230,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, California.