AI Engineer (LLMs)

Location: United States; New York preferred, with Chicago also considered

Salary: $230,000–$270,000 compensation; the conditions section states $230,000–$250,000.

Company

hirify.global is a specialist recruitment partner connecting AI, machine learning, data, and engineering talent with technology companies.

What you will do

• Build AI-powered prototypes and MVPs for internal business users and portfolio-related use cases.
• Develop solutions using LLMs, embeddings, NLP, and unstructured data.
• Support model experimentation, evaluation, fine-tuning, and applied ML workflows.
• Build lightweight backend services and simple user interfaces where needed.
• Partner with business and technical stakeholders to turn ambiguous problems into useful AI products.
• Contribute to early tooling, infrastructure, engineering practices, and clear communication of technical trade-offs.

Requirements

• Strong Python skills and a solid computer science foundation.
• Hands-on experience with applied machine learning, LLMs, embeddings, NLP, or related AI systems.
• Familiarity with PyTorch, HuggingFace, or similar model development tools.
• Experience moving projects beyond experimentation into usable products or workflows, including practical prototype or MVP development.
• Ability to work independently while learning from senior technical and business leaders.
• Clear communication with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Interest in applying AI to business, investment, and operational problems.
• Comfort operating in an early, still-forming AI function.

Nice to have

• Exposure to LLMs, embeddings, NLP, fine-tuning, or applied ML workflows.
• Experience with lightweight full-stack MVP development.

Culture & Benefits

• Permanent position working directly with senior AI leadership.
• Exposure to high-impact AI applications across an investment firm and its portfolio companies.
• Opportunity to help shape how AI is built, deployed, and adopted across the business.