Founding Applied AI Engineer
Core
Design and ship real-world AI systems for an AI-powered travel and hotel concierge, personalizing recommendations and automating complex requests for high-net-worth individuals.
Role type
Founding Applied AI Engineer
Builds
AI recommendation and booking flows (hotels, dining, flights), Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) systems, preference engines, and lightweight AI orchestration layers.
Domain
Fintech / Luxury Travel / AI
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Python, Node.js, Go, AWS, GCP, LLM integration (OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face), RAG, embeddings, vector search (Pinecone, FAISS), database design (Postgres, Redis, vector DBs), low-latency system optimization.
Preferred skills
Product instincts, collaboration with product/design/operations.
Technologies
Python, Node.js, Go, AWS, GCP, OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face, Pinecone, FAISS, Postgres, Redis, Zendesk, Slack.
Responsibilities
Design and ship AI recommendation and booking flows; build RAG systems for dynamic hotel and travel searches; develop preference engines that learn from member interactions; integrate AI orchestration layers with internal tools.
Seniority
Founding, hands-on IC
