Senior AI Engineer - Remote

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Senior AI Engineer - Remote

$170000 - $230000 per year | San Francisco, CA | Remote | Permanent

Join a Series A venture-backed startup building cutting-edge LLM systems for legal and finance—and own core AI features in a fully remote, high-impact engineering role.

A bit about us:

Senior AI Engineer

Location: 100% Remote (US or Canada) Employment Type: Full-Time Compensation: $170K–$230K + Meaningful Equity

About Us

Our client is a fast-growing, venture-backed startup transforming how professionals in law and finance extract insights from unstructured data. Their platform enables attorneys and financial experts to forecast, analyze, and negotiate deals with the power of their firm’s collective knowledge—turning static documents into real-time, actionable intelligence.

Serving elite firms in M&A, debt finance, asset management, and real estate, this team is reimagining deal execution through AI and LLM technologies. They’re backed by leading investors in enterprise AI and are scaling rapidly across the U.S.

Why join us?

• Join the frontier of AI for legal and finance workflows
• Ship production-ready AI solutions that solve real business problems
• High ownership, no red tape—work directly on core systems
• Meaningful equity + competitive comp in a high-growth, early-stage company
• 100% remote flexibility with a distributed, collaborative team culture
• Your work will directly shape the user experience for top-tier clients

Job Details

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build scalable AI-powered systems, with a strong focus on LLMs and agentic workflows
• Collaborate closely with engineering and product peers to develop customer-facing features
• Own the full development lifecycle: prototype, test, deploy, and iterate
• Contribute to a modern tech stack using Python, Go, and React/TypeScript
• Work directly with customers to ensure solutions meet real-world needs

What You Bring

• 5+ years of experience in production software development
• Deep familiarity with AI and LLM ecosystems and the latest advancements in agent-based architectures
• Strong skills in Python and/or Go
• Startup-friendly mindset—comfortable wearing multiple hats and taking initiative
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills in a fast-paced, remote environment

Bonus If You Have

• 3+ years in ML, Data Science, or Applied Research roles
• A Master’s or PhD in a technical discipline
• Prior experience building or scaling LLM applications
• Background in early-stage startups or enterprise SaaS

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $170K–$230K, depending on experience
• Meaningful equity stake
• Full benefits: health, dental, vision, 401(k)
• Flexible PTO and fully remote work environment

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