Founding AI Engineer (on-site)

Our client is looking to hire a Founding AI Engineer to build the core of their AI-powered hiring platform. Their tools help companies hire top tech talent by detecting and preventing AI-assisted fraud, while accurately measuring a candidate's genuine skills. You'll be on the front lines of this fight, architecting the systems that analyse candidate behaviour, create dynamic challenges, and deliver insights that outperform traditional interviews.

Requirements

• Experience building production AI systems and LLM-powered applications
• Strong foundation in RAG architectures, prompt engineering, and AI pipeline design
• Hands-on experience with model context protocols (MCP) and orchestrating complex AI workflows
• Track record of implementing AI solutions that scale to thousands of concurrent users
• Deep understanding of embedding systems, vector databases, and retrieval optimization
• Comfort working across the entire AI stack – from infrastructure to application layer
• Excitement about pioneering new approaches to AI-powered evaluation and fraud detection
• Must be able to work on-site in New York

If you're ready to make a significant impact and help us build a better hiring process, we'd love to hear from you.

Benefits

Location

Our client is a New York-based company with a strong in-office work culture.

Due to the high volume of applications we anticipate, we regret that we are unable to provide individual feedback to all candidates. If you do not hear back from us within 4 weeks of your application, please assume that you have not been successful on this occasion. We genuinely appreciate your interest and wish you the best in your job search.

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