- Raydar
- New York, NY
- Full-Time
- 7 days ago
- $240,000–$340,000 / year
AI Engineering Lead.
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AI Engineering Lead: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This is a technical leadership role for an experienced AI engineer shaping AI capabilities at a compliance software company serving investment advisers and broker-dealers.
- The Person:They will assess and improve existing AI systems, own product-wide AI architecture, deliver early improvements, plan for scale, and hire and mentor team members.
- Requirements:The ideal candidate has experience building and deploying agentic experiences with real users, production-ready backend Python, and end-to-end logging, labeling and evals, plus at least six years of engineering experience.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing Series A compliance software company that uses AI to help investment advisers and broker-dealers monitor communications, marketing, accounts and filings for regulatory risk. It has about $11 million in ARR and a team of about 60, and it is growing quickly.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. You will lead the company's AI efforts and set their technical direction, working directly with the founding team and the head of engineering. The AI roadmap includes a conversational assistant for running a compliance program, AI review of incoming communications, and a push toward a fully agentic product. You will own the architecture behind all of it.
What you'll do
- Review the existing AI systems in your first weeks, decide what to fix, and implement the changes yourself.
- Own the AI architecture for the whole product: the agent harness, memory, context management and token efficiency.
- Deploy meaningful improvements to the AI experiences in your first month.
- Pay close attention to scaling as more clients come on.
- Hire and mentor new team members.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- Experience building and deploying agentic experiences with real users, owning logging, labeling and evals end to end.
- Experience shipping production-ready backend Python.
- Experience in a fast-paced startup environment.
- 6 or more years of engineering experience.
- Clear communication and strong problem solving.
- A bachelor's or master's degree in computer science or a related field.
Bonus points
- Experience applying machine learning in regulatory technology or the legal space.
- Experience at a company built agent-first rather than one that added agents later.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 240,000 to 340,000 per year
- Competitive equity
- Comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k) match
- Very few meetings, broad scope and high autonomy
Location and work model
- New York, NY, United States
- On-site, five days a week
- Full-time
- U.S. work authorization is required