Hybrid AI Engineer

at CEF.AI

• Job title: AI Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: $100,000 - $150,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Docker, Python, React, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, San Francisco, United States

About the role

• AI Engineer developing cutting-edge AI solutions for a startup focused on first-principle AI infrastructure. Collaborating directly with CEO and technical leadership in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Navigate ambiguity and adapt quickly in a fast-moving team
• Demonstrate ownership: proactively identify challenges and raise your hand to drive solutions
• Work hard and maintain a strong work ethic in a dynamic environment. Embraces in-person collaborations (whiteboard sessions, anti-fragile discussions to reach team clarity)
• Collaborate across distributed teams to design, build, and iterate on innovative AI solutions from concept to production
• Champion a culture of curiosity, resilience, and continuous learning
• Communicate complex ideas clearly and effectively, both in writing and verbally, with an emphasis on over communication
• Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and knowledge sharing
• Show enthusiasm for the advancement of agentic and decentralized AI systems

Requirements

• Minimum 2 years of professional-level experience with Python and TypeScript (required)
• Familiarity with LangChain, LangGraph, CrewAI, Google ADK (preferred)
• Experience with containerization and Docker (preferred)
• Familiarity with chain-of-thought prompting, in-context learning, or multi-agent pipelines
• Knowledge of vector databases such as Pinecone, Weaviate, or FAISS (preferred)
• Experience with React (nice to have)
• Familiarity with MCP and A2A (nice to have)
• Experience fine-tuning Computer Vision models (nice to have)

Benefits

• Competitive Compensation & Meaningful Equity: We value talent and back it with fair, founder-level alignment. You’ll own a real stake in the company’s future.
• High-Impact, High-Ownership Role: You won’t be a cog in the machine. You’ll own initiatives end-to-end and help shape the core of our AI stack and company direction.
• Work Directly with the CEO & Founding Team: Collaborate daily with the CEO and technical leadership to drive product, strategy, and long-term vision.
• Build What Doesn’t Exist (Yet): We’re working on first-principle AI infrastructure that doesn’t exist elsewhere. If you’re here to do original, meaningful work — this is it.
• Zero Bureaucracy, Maximum Autonomy: We move fast, stay lean, and keep decision-making close to the builders. Your input drives the roadmap.
• Flexible, But In-Person Matters: We’re remote-first, but we believe in the power of face-to-face time. We hold monthly gatherings/hackathons in SF and Europe, to stay aligned and build real momentum together. Results still matter more than hours — but we show up when it counts.