Applied AI Engineer
Build evaluation pipelines, retrieval systems, and production-grade agent workflows for enterprise AI products.
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Applied AI Engineer at Vector Harbor in San Francisco. UpJobz tracks high-tech opportunities across the United States, Canada, and Mexico so applicants can focus on signal instead of noise. Build evaluation pipelines, retrieval systems, and production-grade agent workflows for enterprise AI products.
Day-to-day expectations
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- Ship LLM-backed product features with strong latency and reliability guardrails
- Own retrieval, ranking, and evaluation components across production workflows
- Partner with platform and product teams on AI feature launches
What a strong candidate brings
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- 3+ years building production software systems
- Experience with LLM application patterns, search, or evaluation tooling
- Comfort owning quality and performance in ambiguous environments
Why people would want this job
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- Medical + dental
- Meaningful equity
- Hybrid flexibility
- Learning budget
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