Applied AI Engineer

New York, NY, Remote. Posted 2 months ago

The role

You will own internal tools end to end by identifying time-consuming processes and building AI-powered systems to automate them. You will work with various department leads to translate needs into functional tools and drive AI enablement across the company.

What you will do

Own internal tools end to end from architecture to rollout and fixes
Build AI powered internal systems like document parsing, agentic workflows, and automated research
Work with leads in Proposals, Customer Ops, Sales, Design, and Engineering to find inefficiencies
Drive AI enablement across the company
Support the external analytics layer inside Kaizen's platform
Back up the deployment team during an implementation

Required qualifications

2 to 5 years of engineering, data, or applied AI experience, or work that makes the years irrelevant
Something you built end to end that a team still uses today
Genuine fluency with AI tools
Strong SQL
Enough data modeling to work in an existing warehouse and ship a model
The ability to take a vague problem from a non-technical stakeholder and come back with the right scope
Low ego, high output

Nice to have

Have built internal tooling at a company where the hard part was getting hundreds of people to change how they work
Come out of forward deployed or solutions engineering at an AI or developer tools company
Know N8N, Zapier, or similar deeply enough to have a view on when not to reach for them
Have built in government, healthcare, or another environment where getting it wrong has consequences

Benefits

100% medical coverage through Oxford/United (Gold and Platinum PPO plans)
100% dental coverage through Guardian PPO
100% vision coverage through Beam
100% coverage for dependents
$100,000 in fully paid life insurance
FSA and Dependent Care FSA
One Medical membership
Fertility and family-building support through Carrot
401(k) through Guideline with a 2% company match
16 weeks of fully paid parental leave for birthing parents
10 weeks fully paid for non-birthing parents
Unlimited PTO with a two-week minimum

About the company

Kaizen powers America’s application layer by replacing legacy federal agency systems with modern software. Founded in 2022 and based in New York City and DC, the company has raised $35 million from NEA, a16z, Accel, 776, and Carpenter Capital.