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CheckrCheckrSan Francisco, CA

Staff Applied AI Engineer

Staff Applied AI Engineer driving AI enablement across Checkr. Gather requirements, build custom LLM/RAG/agentic solutions, run office hours/hackathons, create training resources, and evangelize AI adoption organization-wide. Requires 5+ years engineering/enablement experience and 3+ years hands-on AI development.

177k – 208k/yr
Hybrid7+ YOEML Engineering

About the role

What you’ll do

  • Embed with internal teams across departments to deeply understand their workflows, gather requirements, identify high-impact AI use cases, and translate business needs into actionable technical solutions.
  • Own and facilitate recurring AI office hours for drop-in support and guidance. Design and lead company-wide AI hackathons that inspire experimentation, knowledge sharing, and the discovery of innovative use cases.
  • Evaluate, configure, and recommend the right AI tools and platforms for the organization. Stay on top of the rapidly evolving AI tooling landscape and make informed build-vs-buy recommendations.
  • Design, develop, and deploy custom AI solutions tailored to specific team needs—leveraging LLMs, RAG architectures, agentic workflows, and automation frameworks to solve real business problems.
  • Develop reusable playbooks, prompt libraries, workflow templates, how-to guides, and reference architectures that enable teams to self-serve on AI adoption.
  • Architect and implement standardized, templatizable AI workflows that can be adapted and deployed across multiple teams and use cases, driving consistency and scale.
  • Lead hands-on training sessions, workshops, and demos to teach teams how to effectively use AI tools and integrate them into their day-to-day work. Act as a force multiplier by building AI fluency organization-wide.
  • Partner closely with Engineers, Business Systems, Security, Data Engineering, and other AI Solutions Engineers to integrate AI technologies into existing systems, ensuring security, compliance, and scalability.
  • Contribute to the AI strategy and roadmap at the organizational level, aligning initiatives with business priorities and ensuring AI investments deliver maximum value.
  • Present findings, demo solutions, share progress updates, and advocate for AI adoption with stakeholders ranging from individual contributors to executive leadership.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience. A graduate degree is a plus.
  • 5+ years of experience in engineering, solutions engineering, or technical enablement roles, with a track record of deploying solutions that measurably enhance productivity.
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience developing AI-centric products and solutions, including machine learning, generative AI, LLMs, RAG architectures, agentic frameworks, and prompt engineering.
  • Deep proficiency in Python and experience with AI frameworks and integration of LLM models into applications; familiarity with cloud hosting platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
  • Demonstrated ability to lead enablement programs—including running office hours, hackathons, training sessions, and creating scalable documentation and resources.
  • Proven experience gathering requirements from non-technical stakeholders and translating them into well-scoped technical solutions.
  • Exceptional ability to tackle open-ended, ambiguous problems in unstructured environments, synthesizing complex information into actionable plans and deliverables.
  • Strong communication and presentation skills, with the ability to make complex AI concepts accessible to diverse audiences—from engineers to executives.
  • A builder’s mindset: you are equally comfortable architecting a solution, writing production code, creating a training deck, and facilitating a workshop.
  • A deep passion for AI and a genuine desire to help others harness its potential to transform how they work.

Skills

PythonLLMsRAGAgentic WorkflowsPrompt EngineeringAWSGCPAzureMachine LearningGenerative AI

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