Silverchair · 2 hours ago
Senior AI Engineer – External Products
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
$150K/yr - $150K/yr
7+ years expSilverchair is the premier independent platform partner for scholarly and professional publishers, dedicated to expanding the reach of the world’s most valuable knowledge. The Senior AI Engineer will help shape AI-powered tools for researchers and publishers, designing and building systems that operate at scale and integrate with frontier AI models.
Content Delivery NetworkInformation TechnologyInternetPublishing
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Garrett Martin
Responsibilities
Design and implement AI-powered search and discovery features using RAG, vector databases, and LLMs
Design and implement upstream tools for peer review systems
Build scalable backend services and data pipelines that process and serve scholarly content
Integrate with frontier models (OpenAI, Anthropic, open-source alternatives) to deliver intelligent user experiences
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to translate research needs into production systems
Optimize for performance, reliability, and cost at scale
Stay current with developments in AI/ML and bring new ideas to the team
Qualification
Required
7+ years of professional software engineering experience
Strong Python expertise, including frameworks like FastAPI or Flask
Experience building and deploying production systems at scale
Hands-on experience with vector databases (Milvus, Pinecone, Weaviate, or similar)
Familiarity with search technologies (Solr, Elasticsearch)
Experience with SQL databases and event streaming (Kafka or similar)
Cloud platform experience (Azure preferred; AWS or GCP also valuable)
BS in Computer Science or equivalent practical experience
Preferred
Applied experience with LLMs, RAG architectures, and frameworks like LlamaIndex or LangChain
Experience with TypeScript and React
Familiarity with ML pipelines and model deployment
Experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) or similar integration patterns
Background in publishing, healthcare, or research-adjacent industries
Company
Silverchair
Silverchair delivers the most effective combination of technology and services to scholarly and professional publishers.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$9.31MKey Investors
Thompson Street Capital Partners
2022-08-11Private Equity
2015-03-18Series Unknown· $6.01M
2007-09-01Debt Financing· $3.3M
Leadership Team
Thane Kerner
Chairman of the Board
Recent News
2025-03-19
2024-11-11
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