AI Engineer

Company: Confidential - Stealth AI startup for regulated enterprises
Location: New York, NY preferred (open to anywhere in the US)
Compensation: $200,000 - $350,000 + competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Visa transfers (OPT, H-1B transfer)

About the Company

A stealth-mode AI startup building work models for large regulated enterprises, deploying custom AI end to end inside the customer's environment.

The Role

Our client is hiring an AI Engineer (5-10+ years) to own the technical build-out of a custom AI/LLM platform for one of the top five banks in the US. You will join a tight-knit, execution-focused team that ships real AI in production, working closely with the core engineering team and a marquee enterprise customer. About 20% of the role is customer-facing.

What You Will Do

• Fork and customize the core AI/LLM platform for a top-five bank's environment, owning the build from architecture to deployment.
• Work daily with the Israel-based engineering team to merge customer-specific work into the main product.
• Own production deployments, integrations and reliability in a regulated enterprise environment.
• Serve as the go-to technical contact for the bank's engineering stakeholders.
• Troubleshoot complex production issues end to end with high independence.

What You Bring

• 5-10+ years of engineering experience
• Production AI/LLM systems experience (GenAI, RAG)
• Strong Python, Kubernetes, CI/CD, REST APIs and cloud (AWS, GCP or Azure)
• Comfort as the technical point of contact for enterprise stakeholders
• Experience in regulated enterprise environments (banking a plus)

Tech Stack

Python, LLMs, GenAI, RAG, Kubernetes, CI/CD, REST APIs, AWS/GCP/Azure