AI Engineer, Applied ML & LLMs

AI/ML Engineer, Applied ML & LLMs

Compensation: $225,000 - $275,000 + Bonus

Location: New York City preferred, hybrid. Chicago may be considered.

An established investment firm is expanding its AI capabilities to improve how teams find information, make decisions, and manage complex workflows.

People in AI is partnering with the business to hire an earlier-career engineer who enjoys building practical AI applications. You’ll work directly with senior AI leadership, turning business problems into working prototypes and useful products.

This role offers hands-on engineering, exposure to business stakeholders, and the opportunity to help shape a growing AI function.

What You’ll Do

• Build AI prototypes and MVPs for internal teams and portfolio business use cases.
• Develop applications using LLMs, embeddings, NLP, and unstructured data.
• Experiment with models, evaluate performance, and support fine-tuning where appropriate.
• Build backend services and lightweight interfaces to make your work accessible to users.
• Translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical solutions.
• Contribute to engineering practices and tooling as the function grows.

What You’ll Bring

• Strong Python skills and solid computer science fundamentals.
• Hands-on experience with applied ML, LLMs, embeddings, or NLP.
• Familiarity with PyTorch, Hugging Face, or similar tools.
• Experience turning technical experiments into usable applications or workflows.
• Clear communication and confidence working with non-technical stakeholders.
• Initiative, curiosity, and an interest in applying AI to commercial problems.

Tech Stack

• Python
• PyTorch and Hugging Face
• LLMs, embeddings, and NLP
• Unstructured data processing
• Lightweight backend and full-stack development

Why Join?

Work closely with senior AI leadership, build tools for real business users, and gain exposure to varied investment and operational challenges. You’ll join early enough to contribute to both the applications and the engineering foundations behind them.

About People in AI

People in AI is a specialist recruitment firm connecting AI, machine learning, data, and software engineering talent with ambitious businesses.