Raydar
Lead AI Engineer
$175K–$300K
New York, New York · Full-time · Posted Oct 12, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years building AI products; experience at a SaaS startup.
- Education
- A computer science degree.
About the job
Build and own AI-driven applications across back-end and user-facing systems, while helping set technical direction and engineering standards.
What you'll do
- Architect, build, and own a user-facing application with engineering, product, and design colleagues.
- Design AI solutions across back-end and front-end systems.
- Drive technical projects from idea through delivery and help shape engineering practices, strategy, and success measures.
What they ask for
- 4+ years of experience building AI products.
- Experience at a SaaS startup.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL/Postgres; experience building AI applications and agents with common agent frameworks and using large language model APIs from leading providers.
- Professional experience with CI/CD and git; exposure to containerized deployments and a major cloud platform; daily use of AI coding tools; a computer science degree.
Nice to have
- Experience monitoring LLM-based systems.
- Experience training models.
Pay
USD 175,000 to 300,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
Python, SQL/Postgres, CI/CD, git
AI focus
Build AI-driven applications and agents, work with large language model APIs, and design intelligent solutions across back-end and front-end systems.
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