AI Engineer

Kanbrick

$90K — $130K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years experience in technology or consulting environments with a focus on AI.
  • Proficiency in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, and familiarity with cloud platforms and API integrations.
  • Experience in deploying modern AI tooling, including LLMs and agent-based applications.
  • Excellent communication skills for documentation and presenting to leadership.
  • Self-directed with a builder mentality and a focus on practical solutions in dynamic environments.

Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy AI-driven tools that integrate seamlessly into partner workflows.
  • Support the uptake and ongoing management of new AI technologies within the Kanbrick ecosystem.
  • Create structured, repeatable systems based on successful prototypes for wider deployment.
  • Map data flows and connect existing platforms via APIs for improved automation.
  • Scope out and lead the creation of enterprise-level software solutions from prototype to deployment.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work closely with experienced operators and business builders.
  • Engagement with various industries through multiple partner companies.
  • Stable, long-term role focused on sustainable growth rather than short-term funding cycles.
  • Significant influence in shaping how AI operations are implemented firm-wide.
  • Comprehensive healthcare benefits and competitive compensation package.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Kanbrick is building an AI and technology enablement capability across the firm and our partner companies. This role is the first dedicated hire against that effort. You will identify where AI agents create the most operational leverage across Kanbrick and our partner companies, design and deploy the workflows to capture that leverage, and manage those systems on an ongoing basis.

You will work across two surfaces: internally, building the AI tooling, skills ecosystem, and automation infrastructure that makes the Kanbrick team more productive; and externally, embedding with partner company teams to map their highest-value workflows, deploy agent-driven automation, and coach them through adoption. What you build in the first year becomes the template for how AI operations works across the entire portfolio.

This role reports to the VP of Technology and AI and is a member of the Kanbrick Business System (KBS) operating team.
Key Responsibilities

Productizing & Deploying Specialist Tools

Guide our KBS team leaders through tool development and help them "go the final mile." That means: embedding a tool directly into a partner company's day-to-day workflow and supporting adoption, turning a promising prototype into a formal, structured, repeatable asset that scales across the portfolio and serving as a technical partner to our team. You'll map data flows across business systems, connect existing platforms (CRMs, ERPs, financial tools) via MCP servers and APIs, deploy agents into production with clear human-in-the-loop interfaces, and manage them on an ongoing basis - tracking KPIs, running evals after model or data changes, and iterating on performance.

AI Tooling & Skills Ecosystem

Make our team 10x more productive. Formalize and hone Kanbrick's Skills library, accelerate the use of "AI coworking tools", and build toward a full KBS plug-in suite - a set of tools every operator across the portfolio reaches for by default. Own the build and curation of the internal AI-enabled projects, tools, and skills repository; turn ad hoc experiments into repeatable, version-controlled, distributable assets; and maintain a partner-facing skills library with documentation that lets teams browse, install, and use tools independently.

Drive Enterprise Software Development

Beyond skills repositories and AI enablement tooling, a handful of workflows will warrant graduation into "Enterprise-Level" software - durable, production-grade systems that scale across our team and select partner companies. You'll take end-to-end ownership of these builds: pressure-testing which problems justify enterprise investment, scoping architecture and data models, partnering with internal stakeholders and outside engineering resources where needed, and shepherding the system from prototype through deployment, adoption, and ongoing operation.

Requirements
What We're Looking For
  • A builder instinct and a bias toward action and a passion for software engineering, emerging technologies and AI-driven technical acceleration
  • Autonomous and self-directed; you build working versions before waiting for detailed specs
  • Hands-on experience in a technology or technology consulting environment, gained through internships or early career roles.
  • Hands-on experience building with modern AI tooling - LLMs, agents, prompt engineering, MCP servers, skills, and CLI-based workflows - in production or experimental settings
  • Proficiency in Python, TypeScript/JavaScript, or both, with comfort in Git, cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), and API integrations
  • Strong written and verbal communication skills - comfortable presenting to leaders and writing documentation in equal measure
  • Comfort with breadth over depth - this role spans workflow design, agent deployment, system integration, training, and documentation
  • Alignment with Kanbrick's mission, values, and long-term builder mindset

Benefits
  • KBS is a small team of hands-on operators. You work directly with people who have run businesses and built real things on the ground floor of creating a new function.
  • 7-8 operating companies (and growing) across multiple industries to work in. You'll work across a wider range of business problems than a traditional software engineering role.
  • A long-term platform, not a fund cycle. Kanbrick is built for the long run, and this role is meant to grow with the firm.
  • You have a strong voice in defining how AI operations work across the portfolio. You'll be a key part in the development of the strategy, not maintaining someone else's stack.
  • Competitive salary and benefits.

At Kanbrick, you will work alongside leaders who are building enduring businesses in an environment that is collaborative, hands-on, and mission-driven. You will be an integral part of defining how AI and technology accelerate value creation across the firm and our partner companies. If you are passionate about AI, thrive on solving real operational problems, and want to build something new from the ground up, we want to hear from you.

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