Applied AI Architect, Startups
Partners with startup founders and engineering teams to design, evaluate, and deploy production LLM solutions on Claude. The role combines customer-facing technical advising, architecture guidance, technical evaluations, and sales collaboration, requiring 3+ years of relevant experience and strong Python and AI expertise.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Partner with Account Executives to understand startup requirements, translate them into technical solutions, and advise customers from evaluation through deployment and expansion.
- Lead technical evaluations and help startups develop evaluation frameworks for their use cases.
- Build credibility with founders and engineering teams while guiding technical architecture decisions.
- Identify emerging startup use cases and deployment patterns and provide feedback to Product and Engineering.
- Travel to customer sites, startup-focused events, and industry conferences for workshops, technical deep dives, and relationship building.
Requirements
- 3+ years of experience in technical customer-facing roles such as Solutions Architect, Sales Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, or technical founder with founder-led sales experience.
- Experience working with startups or high-growth technology companies.
- Software engineering or technical founder background with strong builder credibility.
- Technical proficiency in building and scaling AI products and knowledge of AI engineering best practices.
- Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications in production.
- Expertise in context engineering, evaluation frameworks, and modern AI architectures.
- Strong technical communication skills and ability to translate complex AI concepts into actionable insights.
- Track record of selling technical products in competitive markets.
- Python proficiency and familiarity with common LLM frameworks, tools, and integration patterns.
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience partnering directly with founders, founding engineers, and startup engineering teams.
- Passion for making powerful technology safe and societally beneficial.
Compensation
- Annual on-target earnings range: $240,000–$315,000 USD, including target sales commissions or bonuses and base salary.
Skills
Python, LLMs, Llm Frameworks, Context Engineering, Evaluation Frameworks, Ai Architectures, Ai Engineering, Software Engineering, Technical Architecture, Claude Developer Platform
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