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Lead AI Engineer

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  • 6+ years

Salary

$175,000 - 300,000/ year

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About the Role

Join an early-stage product engineering team building enterprise contract intelligence software in the legal technology sector. You will help develop a customer-facing AI product and shape its technical direction from end to end.

Responsibilities

  • Architect, build, and own the user-facing application across frontend and backend systems.
  • Develop and ship production AI agents that support complex, multi-step contract workflows.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teammates to turn product needs into reliable software.
  • Set engineering practices, contribute to technical strategy, and guide roadmaps.
  • Define and implement measures of success for the team and its products.
  • Initiate and lead technical projects in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

Requirements

  • At least 8 years of software engineering experience, including 6 or more years building AI products professionally.
  • Experience building production software at a SaaS startup, ideally at an early or growth stage, and owning development end to end within a small team.
  • A track record shipping customer-facing, multi-step agentic products that use tools and orchestration, rather than only RAG chatbots or internal tools.
  • Strong Python and SQL/Postgres skills, plus hands-on experience with JavaScript, React, or another modern frontend framework.
  • Proficiency across multiple programming languages, with experience using databases, Git, CI/CD, and agent frameworks.
  • Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • A computer science degree and broad engineering experience across AI domains; experience with LLM monitoring, evaluation, or model training is a plus.
  • Comfort working through challenging, ambiguous problems and demonstrating career growth through sustained roles.

Conditions

Base salary: $175,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

On-site, five days per week in New York, NY.

Where you’d work

From the office, 4 or more days a week in the office

Visa sponsored

About the company

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Office in New York, United States

Your chances

Still hiring, not crowded yet, and you'd be among the first.

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  • 2 red flags

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Actively hiring

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  • Still on the company's own careers site, checked 1 h agoModerate evidence
  • Found in the last 48 hours, before the big job boardsModerate evidence
  • Specific about the basics: pay, place, level, stack and contract all statedSlight evidence
1 moreFewer
  • States its salarySlight evidence

Against it1

  • Listed again after an earlier listing of the same role closedModerate evidence

How crowded?

8 checks

Low

In its favour4

  • In its Early Window: not on the big job boards yetStrong evidence
  • Asks for 8+ years: a narrow poolModerate evidence
  • In the office in New York: only people nearby can take itSlight evidence
1 moreFewer
  • In the office 4 or more days a week: most applicants want lessSlight evidence

Against it1

  • Sponsors visas: applicants from abroad compete for it tooSlight evidence

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Details13 facts · Role, Location, Compensation, Employment
Tech stack
  • React
  • Python
  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • JavaScript
  • Azure
  • CI/CD
  • LLMs
  • RAG
Seniority
Lead
Type
Full-time
Specialty
ML
Region
United States
Pay period
Annual
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Role

Category
Data & Analytics
Specialty
ML
Seniority
Lead
Experience
8+ years
Tech stack
  • React
  • Python
  • SQL
  • PostgreSQL
  • AWS
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • JavaScript
  • Azure
  • CI/CD
  • LLMs
  • RAG

Location

Work model
Office
Region
United States
Office
  • New York, United States
Days in the office
4 or more days
Visa sponsorship
Sponsored

Compensation

Salary
$175,000 - 300,000 / year
Pay period
Annual

Employment

Type
Full-time

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