Staff Applied AI Engineer
Quick Summary
Own the applied AI architecture end-to-end: model selection, orchestration, RAG over the unified operational data model, evals, guardrails, and cost/latency budgets in production.
A modern, AI-native platform for physical product businesses to manage the flow of goods, dollars, and data in real time, across:
Procurement
Inventory
Orders
Fulfillment
Finance
About the Role
~1 min readShipped LLM-powered features or agents to production and operated them at scale, not just prototypes or demos.
Deep hands-on work with foundation model APIs, RAG pipelines, tool use/function calling, prompt and context engineering, and fine-tuning where it earns its keep.
Built eval harnesses and guardrails for non-deterministic systems running against business-critical data.
Strong backend fundamentals: Designing systems, Postgres, and cloud services for reliable, multi-tenant web applications.
Going from 0 to 1 in ambiguous settings, and judgment for when AI is the right tool and when it isn't.
Team player: you bring positivity, openness, and curiosity to the team every day.
Growth mindset: everything is an opportunity to learn and improve yourself, the team, and the company.
Craftsmanship: you care about making something of quality.
Customer First: you care immensely about the customer experience journey and want to create a product full of delight.
Pragmatic: you make the right decision based on circumstance, not theory.
Low Ego: you work best in collaborative environments where everyone supports the team.
Competitive salary + meaningful equity
100% Coverage for individuals Premium medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k), immediate eligibility
Lunch in-office 5 days/week (and dinner when needed)
Flexible/unlimited PTO
Commuter (BART/MUNI/CalTrain) and equipment stipends
Wellness & Fitness stipend
Generous parental leave
Relocation assistance available
In-office culture in San Francisco
Location & Eligibility
About this job
- Pay per year
- $230,000–$260,000 a year
- 4% above the $236,250 median for Applied Ai Engineer jobs on Jobera (56 salaries).
- Who can apply
- United States
- Posted
- 102 days ago
Listing Details
- Posted
- July 13, 2026
- First seen
- July 14, 2026
- Last seen
- October 23, 2026
Posting Health
- Days active
- 101
- Repost count
- 0
- Trust Level
- 32%
- Scored at
- October 23, 2026
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