AI Engineer
Raydar
AI Engineer
Raydar
AI-powered recruiting agency for tech roles
Raydar · San Francisco, United States · Full-time · Posted 2026-10-20
Salary: USD 150,000–220,000
Workplace: on_site
About the company
Our client is a fast-growing technology company.
The role
Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the design and delivery of a conversational AI agent that interacts with consumers at large scale, covering the full cycle from production monitoring through evaluation to iterative improvement. This is an early, high-ownership engineering position where the agent must be both scalable and safe in a regulated setting.
What you'll do
- Coordinate multiple AI agents working together across many parallel programs.
- Review production traces, spot problem scenarios in real conversations, and turn them into evaluation cases.
- Use evaluation results to strengthen the core agent framework.
- Connect external data sources so the agent can reach people at the right moments and respond quickly when new demand appears.
- Scale language-model conversations across voice, text messaging and email while keeping them consistent and personalized.
- Follow developments in agent tooling and research and fold the best ideas into the core software platform.
What we're looking for
- A background as an engineer dedicated to agentic systems and large AI applications, for example as an agent engineer, applied AI engineer or startup founder.
- Hands-on experience delivering conversational agents and the frameworks around them at scale, in text or voice.
- Experience developing evaluation and tracing infrastructure for AI agents.
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics or a related field.
- A strong work ethic and the ability to get yourself unblocked.
- Availability to work in person in the Bay Area and begin within about a month.
Bonus points
- Time spent at an agent-focused startup or a leading AI research lab.
- A track record shipping AI products or conversational experiences aimed at everyday users.
- Interest in or prior exposure to health technology.
Compensation and benefits
- Base salary: USD 150,000 to 220,000 per year
- Equity
Location and work model
- San Francisco Bay Area, CA, United States
- On-site, 6 days per week in the 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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