Applied AI Engineer, Startups

Highlights

• Serve as trusted advisor helping startups build and scale on Claude.
• Pair program with customer teams and design scalable agent architectures.
• Build prototypes, eval suites and docs that help businesses succeed.

What they offer

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Optional equity donation matching
• Generous vacation and parental leave
• Flexible working hours
• Collaborative office space

Ideal candidate

A builder-minded engineer with startup experience who loves partnering with founders, thrives context-switching across industries, and is passionate about safe, beneficial AI.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience as a Software Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder
• Experience in a customer-facing or pre-sales technical role partnering with customers to scope, design, and deliver solutions
• Production experience building LLM-powered applications including prompting, context engineering, agent architectures, evaluation and deployment at scale
• Strong programming skills with proficiency in Python and experience building production applications
• Experience working with high-growth, tech-forward companies
• Ability to context-switch across industries and use cases
• Builder credibility that earns trust with technical founders and engineering leaders
• Strong technical communication skills translating complex AI concepts into actionable plans
• Experience facilitating technical workshops, hackathons, or developer events
• Passion for making powerful technology safe and beneficial
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience