Who We're Looking ForWe're in search of a Lead AI Engineer to join our team right away. Our ideal candidate brings hands-on experience building and deploying AI solutions and a strong understanding of the rapidly evolving AI landscape. We value engineers who pair strong technical foundations with curiosity, creativity, and the ability to quickly prototype innovative AI-powered applications.
Instead of the typical job description, here's a breakdown of tasks and qualities we're looking for in our potential team member:
Primary Responsibilities- Design, build, and deploy AI-powered applications and services that integrate with existing systems and workflows.
- Prototype and iterate on AI solutions rapidly, translating business needs into functional AI features within short development cycles.
- Develop and implement agentic AI workflows (e.g., planning, reflection, tool use) using modern orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph.
- Apply prompt engineering and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques to improve model accuracy, reliability, and performance.
- Prepare and manage multimodal datasets by cleaning, transforming, and structuring complex data sources including documents, PDFs, and images.
- Stay current with the evolving AI ecosystem-evaluating new models, benchmarking performance, and selecting the right tools for each use case.
Skills and Qualifications- Proven experience building, deploying, and maintaining AI-powered solutions in production environments.
- Strong understanding of modern AI/LLM ecosystems, including model evaluation, benchmarking, and selecting models for specific tasks.
- Experience implementing agentic workflows (e.g., planning, reflection, tool use) and orchestration frameworks such as LangGraph or similar systems.
- Proficiency with web application development using Next.js, React, and Python backend frameworks such as FastAPI or Flask.
- Experience with prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), and integrating AI capabilities via REST APIs.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure (AWS preferred), Databricks, Oracle ERP and agentic AI frameworks.
- Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, agile environment.
Where We're Looking For It- Schenectady, New York
- 100% Remote for the right candidate
Compensation Package (Salary Transparency for US Based Employees)- Salary Range: $120,000 - $175,000+
- Salary is negotiable and the range can be increased based on qualifications, certifications and experience
- Free Health Insurance Option for all (Single, 2 - Party and Family)
- 401k Safe Harbor Plan
- Generous PTO - Maternity / Paternity Leave
- Revenue Sharing Incentive
- Certification Reimbursement and Bounty Programs
Other Information The work hours will be approximately 9:00 am to 5:00 pm EST, depending on workload, with the occasional late night when a tight deadline calls for it. We work for security-conscious clients, thus background checks will be required. Salary dependent upon experience.
