Senior AI Engineer

Senior AI Engineer

Full-time opportunity for a Senior AI Engineer based in Boston, MA. Join a fast-growing, venture-backed AI company transforming how organizations access and scale human expertise. By combining large language models, agentic AI systems, and advanced automation, the company helps consulting firms, investors, and enterprises obtain expert insights in days rather than weeks, fundamentally changing how due diligence, competitive intelligence, and market research are conducted.

This is a high-impact role working directly with the CTO to build the AI infrastructure powering the company's core platform. You'll help design and deploy production-grade agentic AI systems that automate expert sourcing, qualification, interviewing, and insight generation at scale. Ideal for engineers who enjoy solving difficult AI and distributed systems challenges, moving rapidly from prototype to production, and helping shape the future of real-world AI applications.

Required Skills & Experience

• 5+ years of professional Python development experience • Strong experience with web applications, distributed systems, and scalable architectures • Deep experience in AI, machine learning, NLP, and statistical learning • Hands-on experience building applications with LLMs and agentic AI frameworks • Experience with tools such as LangChain, LangSmith, LiveKit, Pipecat, or similar technologies • Strong understanding of object-oriented and functional programming principles • Experience designing highly reliable and scalable systems • Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as SOC2 • Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with technical and non-technical stakeholders • Proven ability to independently own projects from concept through production deployment

Desired Skills & Experience

• Experience building production-grade Generative AI applications • Startup or high-growth company experience • Experience rapidly prototyping and productionizing AI solutions • Experience working closely with product and operations teams • Interest in emerging AI research and agentic systems • Experience mentoring engineers and contributing to engineering best practices

What You Will Be Doing

Tech Breakdown

• 50% AI, LLM & Agentic Systems Development • 25% Backend & Distributed Systems Engineering • 15% Architecture & Platform Scalability • 10% Security, Compliance & Infrastructure

Daily Responsibilities

• 80% Hands On • 0% Management Duties • 20% Team Collaboration

• Design, build, and deploy production-ready agentic AI solutions • Develop scalable systems that support rapid business growth and increasing platform complexity • Create prototypes and proof-of-concepts that push the boundaries of AI-driven automation • Own projects from initial concept through production deployment • Build resilient infrastructure supporting expert sourcing, matching, interviewing, and insight generation workflows • Partner with Product, Operations, and leadership teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions • Establish clean, extensible architectures that enable rapid feature development • Collaborate with security teams to maintain compliance and platform reliability standards • Contribute to engineering best practices, code reviews, and technical standards • Share research, learnings, and emerging technologies to strengthen engineering culture and innovation

The Offer

Competitive salary plus meaningful equity

You will receive the following benefits:

• Medical Insurance • Dental Benefits • Vision Benefits • Paid Time Off (PTO) • Equity Participation • Travel Reimbursement • Professional Development Opportunities