AI Engineer

a16z speedrun

$130K — $160K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years experience in machine learning and AI engineering
  • Demonstrated ability to deploy ML systems into production environments
  • Proficiency in data engineering and infrastructure setup
  • Familiarity with agent optimization and model evaluation techniques
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on pragmatic solutions

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage the machine learning stack including data pipelines and infrastructure
  • Continuously deploy AI features and iterate based on user feedback
  • Enhance the evaluation processes for product improvements
  • Stay updated on AI research and implement practical innovations

Benefits

  • Gain significant equity stake in a growing startup
  • Work closely with company founders
  • Direct influence on product development and strategic decisions
  • Opportunity for rapid personal and professional growth in a cutting-edge tech environment
Full Job Description
The Role

We're hiring an AI engineer to own the AI systems at the heart of the product. You'll work directly with the founders and own the full loop: data, training, evaluations, and shipping into production.

What You'll Do
  • Build and own the ML stack-data pipelines, infrastructure, agent optimization, evaluations, tuning
  • Ship AI features into production constantly and iterate against real usage
  • Improve the evaluation harnesses that tell us whether the product is actually getting better
  • Track the research frontier and apply it pragmatically-novelty only where it wins


What We're Looking For
  • Evidence you've shipped ML that real users touched-in production, research, or serious projects
  • Strong fundamentals across the stack, not just notebooks
  • Pragmatism: you pick the boring approach that works over the clever one that might
  • Comfort owning systems end to end with no ML team behind you


Compensation & Equity

Early-stage compensation: a meaningful equity stake plus salary. Specifics depend on experience and location-we're happy to talk through the details early in the process.

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