Hybrid Lead Engineer – AI

at CEF.AI

• Job title: Lead Engineer – AI
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $100,000 - $200,000 per year
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• Lead AI Engineer building agentic AI infrastructure at CEF AI, focused on innovative real-world AI solutions and collaboration with founders. Drive projects from concept to scale in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly prototype and implement AI solutions across various use cases, including computer vision, NLP, and time-series — to accelerate time-to-market with real-time inference.
• Design and maintain dynamic data indexing systems and encrypted, per-tenant data pipelines within sovereign data vaults.
• Extend our goal-directed multi-agent orchestration platform that coordinates AI agents with secure, permissioned data compute and full data lineage.
• Engage with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless integration of AI solutions, participating in both on-site and off-site events to foster teamwork and innovation.
• Proactively strategize on data onboarding and processing methodologies to enhance system performance and security.

Requirements

• Proven track record of launching solutions from concept to scale, with tangible revenue generation.
• Extensive experience with data solutions aimed at building robust, distributed platforms serving millions of users.
• Background in closely collaborating with founders or small, dedicated teams to drive innovation; prior entrepreneurial experience is a plus.
• Alignment with the philosophy that agile data onboarding and dynamic indexing are foundational to AI workflows .
• Ability to swiftly develop cutting-edge AI prototypes across diverse domains to reduce time-to-market.
• Value practical, hard-earned knowledge and demonstrate a commitment to continuous learning.
• Willingness to participate in team-building activities and events to strengthen collaboration and innovation.

Benefits

• Real Equity & Fair Pay: We believe in true partnership. You will get a competitive salary and meaningful equity so your personal upside is tied directly to the company's success.
• Ownership, Not Just Tasks: You won't be lost in a big machine here. You will take full ownership of your projects and help define the future of our Web3 stack.
• Direct Access to Leadership: You are part of the core conversation. You will work side by side with the CEO and founders every day to solve hard problems and set the strategy.
• Inventing the Future: We are building the infrastructure for autonomous AI agents that doesn't exist yet. This is the place for you if you want to do original work instead of maintaining legacy systems.
• Builders Decide: We hate red tape as much as you do. We stay lean and let the people building the product make the decisions that drive the roadmap.
• Remote with Connection: We are remote first but value real face time. We meet monthly in SF and Europe to build momentum together because we know results matter more than counting hours.