Founding AI Engineer — Build Infra for Critical Systems
Alexander Chapman
Alexander Chapman in NYC seeks a founding member of technical staff to build core AI-enabled infrastructure for critical utilities. You will own architecture, backend, and data workflows, collaborating closely with founders to deploy solutions used in the real world within weeks. You are a strong technologist and builder who can move between problems, debugging in production and delivering end-to-end systems from idea to deployment. #J-18808-Ljbffr Alexander Chapman
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