Applied Ai Engineer

Summary

Join Air, a creative ops system company, as their first Applied AI Engineer. You will build intelligent systems powering their platform, focusing on search and discovery capabilities. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional teams, researching, architecting, and deploying complex AI/ML systems. You'll need extensive experience in AI/ML, semantic and vector search, and working with various AI/ML tools and platforms. The position is remote, offering a competitive salary and benefits package including health insurance, life insurance, disability insurance, a work-from-home stipend, professional development reimbursement, and unlimited vacation days. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments and possesses strong communication skills.

Requirements

• 6+ years working in a production application with real-world users
• 3+ years in an applied AI/ML supporting role
• Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams (engineers, data scientists, product managers) and providing technical leadership
• Demonstrates ability to research, architect, deploy, and maintain complex AI/ML systems at scale
• Deep experience with semantic and vector search techniques leveraging a search engine (Elasticsearch, Lucene, Solr, etc)
• Proven track record of evaluating, implementing, and leveraging both open-source and hosted AI solutions
• A strong background in Python for ML development and tooling with deep learning frameworks (PyTorch, TensorFlow)
• Advanced ML Ops practices (Docker/Kubernetes, AWS SageMaker, MLflow)
• CI/CD pipelines and version control best practices (Git & GitHub)

Responsibilities

• Help shape the future of creative work
• Build intelligent systems that power our platform, delivering cutting-edge search and discovery capabilities to teams worldwide
• Work closely with our cofounders, marketing, and other cross-functional teams
• Lead initiatives that make a significant impact, from researching, architecting, and deploying complex AI/ML systems to leveling up engineers on those systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with Vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate)
• Familiarity with Major open-source and hosted AI providers (OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, Hugging Face, LangChain, etc)
• Familiarity with Large-scale data pipeline tools (Airflow, Kafka, Spark)
• Familiarity with Cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure)
• Familiarity with Distributed systems including event-driven and service-oriented architectures

Benefits

• Air contributes 90% to medical, dental, and vision insurance and 75% to dependent coverage
• Employees also have life insurance, disability insurance, and membership to One Medical
• We offer a generous work from home stipend
• Professional development reimbursement
• Unlimited vacation days