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Lead AI Engineer

Fast-growing software company

  • LocationNew York
  • TypeFull-time
  • Posted12 October 2026

The role, as published

About the company

Our client is a fast-growing software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Serve as an early, senior full-stack engineer building AI-driven applications, owning the design and delivery of both back-end and user-facing systems. Work closely with product, design and engineering colleagues while helping set technical direction and engineering standards.

What you'll do

  • Partner with engineers, product managers and designers to architect, build and own a user-facing application.
  • Design intelligent solutions that span back-end and front-end systems.
  • Promote sound engineering practices and help shape technical strategy and roadmaps.
  • Help define how the team measures success.
  • Initiate, influence and drive technical projects from idea through delivery.

What we're looking for

  • 4+ years of experience building AI products.
  • Experience at a SaaS startup.
  • Proficiency in Python and SQL/Postgres.
  • Experience building AI applications and agents with common agent frameworks.
  • Experience working with large language model APIs from leading providers.
  • Exposure to containerized deployments and a major cloud platform.
  • Professional experience with CI/CD and git.
  • Daily use of AI coding tools.
  • A computer science degree.
  • Comfort with challenging, ambiguous and fast-changing problems, and a desire for broad impact as an early team member.

Bonus points

  • Experience monitoring LLM-based systems.
  • Experience training models.
  • Relocation support

Location and work model

  • New York, New York, United States
  • On-site, 5 days per week in office
  • Full-time

Compensation, as the posting describes it

  • Equity

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