people in aiBrooklyn, NY
AI Engineer, Applied ML & LLMs
$225,000 - $275,000
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AI Engineer, Applied ML & LLMs
people in aiBrooklyn, NY
4 days ago
$225,000 - $275,000
Custom Computer Programming ServicesAll Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical ServicesComputer Systems Design Services
Apply for this role (opens in a new tab)AI/ML Engineer, Applied ML & LLMsCompensation: $225,000 - $275,000 + Bonus Location: New York City preferred, hybrid. Chicago may be considered. An established investment firm is expanding its AI capabilities to improve how teams find information, make decisions, and manage complex workflows. People in AI is partnering with the business to hire an earlier-career engineer who enjoys building practical AI applications. You’ll work directly with senior AI leadership, turning business problems into working prototypes and useful products. This role offers hands-on engineering, exposure to business stakeholders, and the opportunity to help shape a growing AI function.
What You’ll Do:
- Build AI prototypes and MVPs for internal teams and portfolio business use cases.
- Develop applications using LLMs, embeddings, NLP, and unstructured data.
- Experiment with models, evaluate performance, and support fine-tuning where appropriate.
- Build backend services and lightweight interfaces to make your work accessible to users.
- Translate ambiguous business needs into clear technical solutions.
- Contribute to engineering practices and tooling as the function grows.
- What You’ll BringStrong Python skills and solid computer science fundamentals.
- Hands-on experience with applied ML, LLMs, embeddings, or NLP.Familiarity with PyTorch, Hugging Face, or similar tools.
- Experience turning technical experiments into usable applications or workflows.
- Clear communication and confidence working with non-technical stakeholders.
- Initiative, curiosity, and an interest in applying AI to commercial problems.
- Tech StackPythonPyTorch and Hugging FaceLLMs, embeddings, and NLPUnstructured data processing
- Lightweight backend and full-stack development
Why Join?
Work closely with senior AI leadership, build tools for real business users, and gain exposure to varied investment and operational challenges. You’ll join early enough to contribute to both the applications and the engineering foundations behind them. About People in AIPeople in AI is a specialist recruitment firm connecting AI, machine learning, data, and software engineering talent with ambitious businesses.
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Level
Lead
Salary
$225,000 - $275,000
Location
Brooklyn, NY
Occupation
Software Developers
Industry
Custom Computer Programming Services
Posted
4 days ago