Founding AI Engineer (Agentic Systems)

Founding AI Engineer (Agentic Systems) at Bowden Brown Founding AI Engineer (Agentic Systems) at Bowden Brown in Oakland, California Posted in about 2 hours ago.

Type:

full-time

Job Description:

???? Senior Applied AI Engineer - Build the Next Generation of AI Research Systems $150-225k salary + equity We have partnered with a high-growth AI startup who are rethinking how enterprises gather and act on customer insight. Their platform combines advanced LLM infrastructure with hundreds of autonomous AI workflows to deliver research and analysis at a speed traditional firms simply can't match. Trusted by enterprise teams across sectors including healthcare, financial services, and market intelligence, the business has scaled rapidly over the past 12 months and is now hiring a Senior Applied AI Engineer to help shape the next phase of growth. ? The Opportunity This is an opportunity to join early and have genuine influence over both product and technical direction. You'll work closely with leadership to design and scale AI systems that automate complex research and decision-making workflows. The role would suit someone who enjoys operating in ambiguity, building from first principles, and shipping production-ready AI products in fast-moving environments. ???? What You'll Be Doing Designing and deploying multi-step AI workflows across text, audio, and structured data Building scalable systems using LLMs, NLP, and modern AI infrastructure Developing intelligent automation frameworks that improve research quality and speed Working closely with leadership on product strategy and technical roadmap decisions Improving platform performance, reliability, and scalability across core systems Helping shape engineering culture and best practices within a growing team ???? What They're Looking For 5+ years building production AI/ML systems Previous startup or founding engineer experience Strong Python engineering skills and experience working with modern AI tooling Hands-on experience with LLMs, generative AI, NLP, or agentic frameworks Ability to operate across systems design, experimentation, and product delivery Someone who enjoys startup environments and thrives building from 0 to 1 Strong commercial instincts and the ability to solve real-world problems with elegant engineering Nice to have: Full-stack experience Experience working in research, healthcare, financial services, or data-heavy environments ???? What's On Offer Competitive base salary + meaningful equity The opportunity to help shape core architecture and product direction A highly collaborative, technical team building genuinely cutting-edge AI products Fast progression and high ownership from day one The chance to work on large-scale applied AI challenges with real commercial impact ???? Location Hybrid / onsite in San Francisco.