Falconer · 2 months ago
Founding AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Hybrid
Entry, Mid Level
$200K/yr - $300K/yr
2+ years expFalconer is transforming how engineers create, access, and share knowledge with each other and their AI agents. They are seeking a Founding AI Engineer to help build an AI-powered knowledge platform that companies love, with significant impact on product development and technical direction.
Computer Software
Responsibilities
Participate in the entire product development lifecycle, including architecture, coding, testing, and deploying
Research and apply best practices in terms of Knowledge Graph, embeddings, vector and graph RAG search, fine-tuning, and model optimization
Develop and maintain backend systems including API services, databases, and server-side logic
Optimize tech stack and applications for maximum precision and speed
Write clean, efficient, and well-documented code, following industry best practices—the Falconer platform will help you!
Stay updated with emerging technologies in web development and make recommendations for adopting new tools and practices
Qualification
Required
Advanced degree in Machine Learning, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or equivalent work experience
Minimum of 2 years of professional experience in developing ML data pipelines
Experience with text embeddings, RAG systems, and similarity search
Familiar with Entity and Relationship recognition models
Skilled at prompt engineering
Ability to implement backend systems in Python and/or Node.js
You can evaluate tradeoffs and propose the most appropriate storage solution (SQL, NoSQL, Vector DBs, Graph databases)
You enjoy hard problems and open-ended assignments
You use data to make decisions, and experiment your way around hard problems
Preferred
You've developed products with LLMs before (extra if you've already built your own agents)
You have fine-tuned foundational models to tailor responses to specific data use cases
You have experience with LlamaIndex and Memgraph to produce knowledge graphs
Benefits
Generous equity package
Competitive salary and benefits
401(k) retirement account
The best equipment and tools, like a spec'd out MacBook, and dev prod tools like Cursor, Claude, and Linear to help you move fast
Flexible work arrangements with in-office work or hybrid work for the right candidate
Company
Falconer
Engineering teams use Falconer to write, share, and find information in one self-maintaining knowledge platform.
2-10 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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