# Applied AI Engineer - Bay Area

**Company:** [Redis](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/redis)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $211k – $264k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, Machine Learning, MLOps, LangChain, Llamaindex, Semantic Kernel, Feast, RAG, Vector Databases, LLMs
**Posted:** 2026-05-16

> Senior Applied AI Engineer focused on helping customers build AI apps with Redis (80% customer engineering, 20% development). Requires 5+ years Python experience and 2+ years in ML systems.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Help customers succeed in building AI applications with Redis, including chatbots, RAG applications, and AI agents
- Develop and maintain projects primarily written in Python, with possible involvement in JS, C/C++, Go, or Java
- Occasionally provide consultation during sales calls, leveraging expertise in AI
- Occasionally participate in sales meetings, enablement, and other events as a subject matter expert

## Requirements
- Minimum of 5 years of professional programming experience in Python or a comparable language
- At least 2 years of experience working on ML systems (MLOps), or utilizing AI/ML models
- Willingness to admit when you don’t know something and actively seek opportunities for learning and growth
- Passion for building libraries and systems
- Ability to independently learn and navigate new codebases
- Ownership mentality, going above and beyond what is required
- Excitement about working on projects that are Open Source and/or accessible to the world
- Enjoyment of working in a fast-paced environment with multiple projects to juggle simultaneously

## Nice to Have
- Prior contributions to projects like Langchain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, Redis-related projects, or MLOps systems for feature orchestration like Feast
- Knowledge of patterns such as RAG, semantic caching, feature storage and embedding generation
- A strong passion for Vector Databases, LLMs, or AI systems in general

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