Applied AI Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Applied AI Engineer (AI): Building autonomous AI employees that function as full-fledged teammates, with an accent on model strategy, agent architecture, and workflow optimization. Focus on balancing cost, latency, reliability, and accuracy for LLMs and developing robust infrastructure with AI safety guardrails.

Location: Must be based in San Francisco, New York, or Remote (USA)

Company

hirify.global is a fast-scaling, YC-backed startup focused on creating autonomous AI employees to build the future of the digital workforce.

What you will do

• Evaluate and select LLMs, balancing cost, latency, reliability, and accuracy for specific tasks.
• Design prompt frameworks and agent behaviors for complex workflows including email generation and CRM integration.
• Build and refine multi-step agent chains using RAG, web search, and tool-use.
• Drive choices for orchestration, persistent memory, and "eval loops" while ensuring AI safety and trust.
• Explore and deploy emerging technologies like voice AI and multi-modal reasoning.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience shipping production-grade AI products.
• Deep hands-on experience with agents, function calling, RAG pipelines, or self-healing workflows (e.g., LangChain, ReAct, OpenAI Tools).
• Strong background in prompt design, chaining, and retrieval systems.
• Proven ability to own the latency, reliability, and cost of LLM-powered systems in a live environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be based in San Francisco, New York, or Remote (USA).

Culture & Benefits

• Empowerment to take initiative, challenge ideas, and push for 10x outcomes.
• Impact-driven focus on what moves the needle for customers.
• High standards for code elegance and product quality.
• "Winning team energy" with low ego and positive vibes.
• Opportunity to work at a fast-scaling startup with a clear path to market leadership in the AI worker space.