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Applied AI, Research Engineer

San Francisco, CA💼 Full-time💰 $300,000–$300,000🗓 2026-09-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Bridge the gap between AI research and customer adoption by embedding with product teams, testing new models, building demos/evals, and solving novel customer challenges to inform the product roadmap.

Role type

Senior Applied AI Research Engineer (Field/Go-to-Market)

Builds

Production-ready demos, evaluation frameworks, prototypes, and technical enablement materials for LLM products.

Domain

Generative AI / Large Language Models / Enterprise Software

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | client delivery

Required skills

Software engineering, LLM integration, technical prototyping, evaluation design, domain expertise translation, stakeholder communication

Preferred skills

AI startup founding experience, forward-deployed engineering, complex product enablement

Technologies

Large Language Models, Python, LLM-powered products

Responsibilities

Embed with product teams to master new capabilities; own technical GTM handoffs for model launches; build demos and evals; create enablement materials; solve novel customer challenges; synthesize field insights for the roadmap.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with strategic impact

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