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Applied AI Engineer

San Francisco, CA, US • Posted 1 day ago • Updated 3 hours ago

Full Time

On-site

USD $200,000.00 - 250,000.00 per year

Michael Page International

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Skills

Recruiting
Startups
Art
Workflow
Customer Facing
Scalability
Collaboration
Product Engineering
Leadership
Innovation
SAP BASIS
Law
MPI
Software Engineering
Python
Machine Learning (ML)
Microsoft Azure
Open Source
Prompt Engineering
Evaluation
Artificial Intelligence
Software Design
Problem Solving
Conflict Resolution
Communication
Product Strategy
Decision-making
Quoting

Summary

Growing AI startup
Hiring an Applied AI Engineer

About Our Client

AI-native startup based in San Francisco developing agentic AI products for enterprise customers. The team is building next-generation AI agents that can reason, plan, and execute complex workflows across business functions. Early-stage environment with significant growth, ownership, and technical impact opportunities.

Job Description

Design and build production-grade AI applications powered by state-of-the-art foundation models.
Develop agentic workflows, copilots, and AI-powered automation solutions.
Experiment rapidly with new models, frameworks, and architectures to find practical solutions.
Build Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems and knowledge-driven AI applications.
Engineer prompts, evaluation pipelines, and guardrails to improve reliability and performance.
Integrate AI services into customer-facing products and internal platforms.
Optimize latency, cost, quality, and scalability of AI systems in production.
Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and leadership teams to shape our AI strategy.
Stay at the forefront of emerging AI capabilities and identify opportunities for innovation.

MPI does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, or based on an individual's status in any group or class protected by applicable federal, state or local law. MPI encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

The Successful Applicant

Strong software engineering experience using Python.
Experience building and deploying AI or machine learning applications.
Hands-on experience with modern LLM ecosystems (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI, Gemini, or open-source models).
Experience building APIs and production-ready backend systems.
Strong understanding of prompt engineering, model evaluation, and AI application design.
Ability to move quickly, work independently, and thrive in an entrepreneurial environment.
Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.

What's on Offer

Competitive base salary range: $200k - $250k + bonus + equity.
Work directly with founders and influence product strategy.
Small team, high ownership, and rapid decision-making.

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Joe Porretta

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JN-275

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Dice Id: RTX15e33e
Position Id: JN-072026-7060275
Posted 1 day ago

Company Info

About Michael Page International

Michael Page is one of the world's leading professional recruitment consultancies, specializing in the placement of candidates in permanent, contract, temporary and interim positions with clients around the world.

Operations:
PageGroup today comprises of over 5,000 employees, in 160 offices across 35 countries. We are market leaders in staffing, providing our clients with the highest quality level of service across numerous industries and specialist disciplines.

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