- Raydar
- New York, NY
- Full-Time
- 23 days ago
- $175,000–$300,000 / year
Lead AI Engineer.
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Lead AI Engineer: our view in 3 lines...
- The Role:This is a lead engineering role for building AI-driven applications at a fast-growing software company.
- The Person:The person will architect, build and own a user-facing application across back-end and front-end systems, shape technical strategy and engineering standards, and drive technical projects from idea through delivery.
- Requirements:The role requires 4+ years building AI products, Python, SQL/Postgres, AI applications and agents, LLM APIs, containerized deployments, a cloud platform, CI/CD, git, AI coding tools, and a computer science degree.
About the role
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Serve as an early, senior full-stack engineer building AI-driven applications, owning the design and delivery of both back-end and user-facing systems. Work closely with product, design and engineering colleagues while helping set technical direction and engineering standards.
What you'll do
- Partner with engineers, product managers and designers to architect, build and own a user-facing application.
- Design intelligent solutions that span back-end and front-end systems.
- Promote sound engineering practices and help shape technical strategy and roadmaps.
- Help define how the team measures success.
- Initiate, influence and drive technical projects from idea through delivery.
Requirements
What we're looking for
- 4+ years of experience building AI products.
- Experience at a SaaS startup.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL/Postgres.
- Experience building AI applications and agents with common agent frameworks.
- Experience working with large language model APIs from leading providers.
- Exposure to containerized deployments and a major cloud platform.
- Professional experience with CI/CD and git.
- Daily use of AI coding tools.
- A computer science degree.
- Comfort with challenging, ambiguous and fast-changing problems, and a desire for broad impact as an early team member.
Bonus points
- Experience monitoring LLM-based systems.
- Experience training models.
Benefits
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 175,000 to 300,000 per year
- Equity
- Relocation support
Location and work model
- New York, New York, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time

