Lead AI Engineer
Raydar
Lead AI Engineer
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · New York, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-12
Salary: USD 175,000–300,000
Workplace: on_site
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing software company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Serve as an early, senior full-stack engineer building AI-driven applications, owning the design and delivery of both back-end and user-facing systems. Work closely with product, design and engineering colleagues while helping set technical direction and engineering standards.
What you'll do
- Partner with engineers, product managers and designers to architect, build and own a user-facing application.
- Design intelligent solutions that span back-end and front-end systems.
- Promote sound engineering practices and help shape technical strategy and roadmaps.
- Help define how the team measures success.
- Initiate, influence and drive technical projects from idea through delivery.
What we're looking for
- 4+ years of experience building AI products.
- Experience at a SaaS startup.
- Proficiency in Python and SQL/Postgres.
- Experience building AI applications and agents with common agent frameworks.
- Experience working with large language model APIs from leading providers.
- Exposure to containerized deployments and a major cloud platform.
- Professional experience with CI/CD and git.
- Daily use of AI coding tools.
- A computer science degree.
- Comfort with challenging, ambiguous and fast-changing problems, and a desire for broad impact as an early team member.
Bonus points
- Experience monitoring LLM-based systems.
- Experience training models.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 175,000 to 300,000 per year
- Equity
- Relocation support
Location and work model
- New York, New York, United States
- On-site, 5 days per week in office
- Full-time
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Raydar is an AI-powered talent acquisition firm that serves tech-focused organizations on a contingency basis, charging client companies only after a successful hire. It uses proprietary AI to identify a large pool of candidates and conducts a short 15-minute AI-driven interview (recorded and transcribed) before human recruiters review materials, provide interview prep, and assist with offers and negotiations. What sets it apart is the blend of automated sourcing and screening with hands-on human oversight and tailored client support. Its goal is to help organizations hire more efficiently by speeding up sourcing while maintaining thorough evaluation and negotiation assistance.
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