D. E. Shaw
Applied AI Engineer
$225K–$275K
New York, NY · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- No specific number of years stated; extensive software development background and hands-on AI solution experience required.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in any field.
About the job
Build and deploy AI agents, applications, and shared infrastructure to improve workflows and decision-making across the firm.
What you'll do
- Develop bespoke AI agents and user-facing applications with internal teams, owning projects from concept through production.
- Build and deploy AI coding agents, developer tools, agent frameworks, and retrieval systems.
- Prototype and integrate AI tools, establish reusable best practices, and support firmwide adoption.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in any field.
- Extensive software development background and hands-on experience building and scaling AI solutions.
- Practical production experience with AI agents and agentic frameworks, including orchestration, tool use, memory, and multi-step reasoning.
- Ability to lead complex projects from inception to deployment in fast-moving, iterative environments.
Pay
$225,000 to $275,000 (annual base salary)
AI focus
Applied AI engineering focused on production agents, agentic systems, AI coding tools, retrieval systems, and shared AI infrastructure.
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