CareerPlan

Software Engineer, Applied AI - Frontier Engineering (NYC)

New YorkFull-time$160k–$500k2026-11-02
On-siteNo visa sponsorship

Core

Build, deploy, and operate systems connecting frontier AI research with data delivery, including scalable data pipelines for post-training and evaluation.

Role type

Senior IC software engineer (applied AI infrastructure)

Builds

Scalable data pipelines, synthetic data generation systems, and model evaluation frameworks for frontier AI labs

Domain

Artificial Intelligence / Data Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Backend engineering, Python/Go/Rust, model training and inference, statistical analysis, experimental design, LLM evaluation methods

Preferred skills

Customer-facing problem solving, entrepreneurial mindset, rapid prototyping

Technologies

Python, Go, Rust

Responsibilities

Partner with frontier AI labs on data and evaluation needs; Build and operate scalable data pipelines for post-training workflows; Design systems for synthetic data generation and data quality; Prototype new data types and evaluation frameworks; Lead technical discussions with customers