ML Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

ML Engineer (AI): Developing and extending agentic systems for multimodal creative tasks in video production with an accent on reasoning, control, and LLM adaptation. Focus on designing end-to-end agentic pipelines, optimizing fine-tuning strategies, and building evaluation frameworks for time-based media.

Location: Must be in-person at the NYC HQ (Union Square)

Salary: $175K – $275K + Equity

Company

hirify.global is an AI-native video platform that intelligently orchestrates production and editing through natural language using contextual awareness.

What you will do

• Design and build end-to-end agentic systems for creative tasks.
• Develop novel approaches for training and adapting LLMs that power agents.
• Design objectives, datasets, and fine-tuning strategies to improve agent behavior and reliability.
• Explore multimodal reasoning and structured generation for creative control.
• Run systematic experiments and design evaluation frameworks for video analysis and editing.
• Analyze failure modes across the full agent loop (planning, tool use, execution) and iterate on improvements.

Requirements

• BS/MS/PhD in CS, ML, or a related field.
• Strong track record building production ML systems or agentic pipelines.
• Deep understanding of transformers and modern LLM techniques.
• Experience with fine-tuning, alignment, or post-training methods for structured outputs or tool use.
• Ability to own the full stack, from model-level experiments to deployed agent systems.
• Strong experimental rigor and practical taste in agent development.

Culture & Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans.
• 401K with employer match.
• Catered lunch multiple days per week and nightly dinner stipends for late work.
• Commuter benefits and Grubhub subscription.
• Multiple team offsites per year and monthly team events.
• Generous PTO policy.