Description:
Applied AI Engineer | Production AI / LLM | $170K–$230K + Equity
New York, NY | Full-Time | Approximately 3 Days/Week In Office
Yanny Almanzar
Senior Recruiter | Heartline Staffing
Call or Text: 929-523-6975
Email: [email protected]
Prefer a confidential conversation instead of applying? Call or text Yanny directly at 929-523-6975.
Heartline Staffing is recruiting an Applied AI Engineer for a full-time opportunity in New York City. This is an early-engineering role focused on building and shipping production AI systems that directly support marketplace growth, operational efficiency, revenue, and product quality.
The engineer will work closely with the founder/CEO and own AI initiatives from problem definition and architecture through production deployment, evaluation, and iteration.
IMPORTANT: This is not a research-only AI role. Candidates must have meaningful experience shipping AI/LLM functionality into production and must also have a strong full-stack engineering foundation.
COMPENSATION
- $170,000–$230,000 annual base salary
- Equity
- Relocation support available for strong candidates
WORK ARRANGEMENT
- Full-time, permanent
- New York City
- In-person collaboration strongly preferred
- Approximately 3 days per week in office
ROLE FOCUS
- Approximately 60% AI / Machine Learning
- Approximately 40% Product / Full-Stack Engineering
AI / ML RESPONSIBILITIES
- Select and evaluate models based on product and business requirements.
- Develop and refine prompts, fine-tuning approaches, and LLM workflows.
- Build with embeddings and vector databases.
- Develop AI evaluation and experimentation systems.
- Build and maintain data pipelines supporting AI functionality.
- Deploy, monitor, evaluate, and continuously improve production AI systems.
PRODUCT ENGINEERING RESPONSIBILITIES
- Build APIs and backend services supporting AI-powered functionality.
- Develop product integrations and AI-enabled features.
- Support UI integration of AI functionality.
- Build production infrastructure supporting AI systems.
- Translate ambiguous business problems into practical production solutions.
WHAT YOU'LL BUILD
- Candidate-to-job matching systems designed to improve placement quality and speed.
- Intelligent automation replacing manual marketplace workflows.
- AI-powered classification, extraction, content generation, and search functionality.
- Evaluation and experimentation systems focused on accuracy and consistency.
- Production AI features informed by real-world user feedback.
- Internal tooling and infrastructure supporting faster AI development and iteration.
Requirements:
Requirements
- 4+ years of engineering experience REQUIRED
- Meaningful experience shipping AI / LLM features into production REQUIRED
- Experience owning AI projects end-to-end, from problem definition through deployment and iteration REQUIRED
- Strong understanding of model selection, data pipelines, deployment, evaluation, and iteration REQUIRED
- Experience working with LLM APIs REQUIRED
- Experience with embeddings REQUIRED
- Experience with vector databases REQUIRED
- Experience with fine-tuning REQUIRED
- Strong full-stack web development foundation REQUIRED
- Ability to connect technical decisions to measurable business outcomes REQUIRED
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship REQUIRED
- Ability to work approximately 3 days per week in the New York City office REQUIRED
Preferred
- Early-stage or high-growth startup experience
- Founding-team engineering experience
- Recruiting or talent-industry experience
- Marketplace experience
- Matching, search, or recommendation-system experience
Not ready to formally apply? That's completely fine. Many professionals prefer a confidential conversation first.
Call or text Yanny directly at 929-523-6975.