Applied AI Engineer

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Title of Role: Applied AI Engineer

Location: San Francisco, CA (On-site, 5 days/week)
Company Stage of Funding: Seed (~$6M raised, backed by Amplify)
Office Type: On-site
Salary: $180,000 - $280,000 + Competitive Equity
Visa: Visa sponsorship available (including new H1B applications; must start before end of June)
Company Description

Our client is building autonomous computer-usage agents designed to automate the messiest workflows in enterprise finance operations.

Their systems operate directly through real-world interfaces - navigating portals, processing documents, and orchestrating complex workflows across fragmented systems.

Backed by leading investors including Amplify, the company recently raised a $6M seed round and is rapidly scaling its engineering team.

This is a rare opportunity to join an elite applied AI startup at the earliest stage and help define the intelligence layer powering next-generation software agents.
What You Will Do

Design and improve AI systems powering autonomous computer-use agents

Build adaptive agent architectures for dynamic environments

Develop fine-tuning pipelines for customer-specific workflows

Improve browser-agent reliability and decision-making

Optimize inference latency across the stack

Build evaluation frameworks and experimentation pipelines

Design feedback loops that improve agent performance over time

Work on unstructured document understanding systems

Translate frontier AI research into production systems

Improve tool-use reasoning and agent reliability

Ship production-grade applied AI systems end-to-end

Help define the technical direction of the company's intelligence platform
Ideal Candidate Background

1-4 years of experience in applied AI / ML engineering

Strong production Python experience

Experience building and shipping AI systems beyond research prototypes

Applied ML experience in production environments

Experience building AI agents, RL systems, or adaptive automation systems

Strong experimentation mindset

Comfortable owning systems end-to-end

Strong product intuition

Excellent communication and concise thinking

Comfortable working fully onsite in SF
Preferred

Experience with AI agents / autonomous systems

Reinforcement learning exposure

LLM systems in production

Inference optimization

Fine-tuning pipelines

Experience at AI-native startups

Strong systems-level engineering

MS / PhD in AI / ML / CS
Strong Signals

Applied AI roles at frontier AI companies

Agentic workflow experience

Shipped production AI systems

Research-to-production ownership

Strong startup execution

Clear product thinking

Concise communication style

Experience at high-velocity startups
Compensation and Benefits

Base salary: $180,000 - $280,000
Equity: Competitive equity
Visa sponsorship available
High ownership from day one
Direct founder exposure
Research-to-production ownership
Exceptional upside
Why Join

This is an opportunity to build the intelligence layer powering next-generation enterprise automation.

You'll work at the frontier of autonomous agents, taking cutting-edge AI research into production systems that solve real operational complexity.

If you're deeply technical, product-minded, and excited by building adaptive AI systems from first principles, this role offers exceptional ownership and upside.