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PavePaveSan Francisco, CA

Staff AI Engineer

Leads 0→1 AI initiatives from concept to production, building systems with LLMs, agentic architectures, retrieval, and evaluation. Requires 7+ years experience, strong product intuition, and cross-team technical leadership.

221k – 299k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEML Engineering

About the role

What You'll Bring

  • 7+ years of experience building production systems, with deep hands-on expertise in LLMs, agentic architectures, retrieval systems, and evaluation frameworks
  • Strong product intuition. Identify customer problems that AI can uniquely solve and partner with Product to shape what gets built
  • Proven track record leading 0→1 technical initiatives with high ambiguity, driving them from concept to production
  • Pragmatic engineering judgment: know when to move fast and when to invest in quality
  • Ability to drive technical alignment across teams. Define primitives and patterns that other engineers build on
  • Founder mentality with bias toward action, ownership, and urgency; energized by bringing a new AI product to market

Compensation

Targeted cash compensation: $221,000 - $299,000

Skills

LLMsAgentic ArchitecturesRetrieval SystemsEvaluation FrameworksProduction SystemsAI

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