AI Engineer

Darwin Recruitment; Los Altos (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A creative AI startup is seeking an AI Engineer to shape the core intelligence of their platform. You will work on generative models that enhance interactive storytelling and gameplay, collaborating with engineers to create seamless user experiences. This role offers a remote-first culture and the opportunity to push boundaries in gaming and creative technology.

Benefits

Remote-first culture

High autonomy

Deep collaboration

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in machine learning or AI engineering.
• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks.
• Experience with LLMs and diffusion models.

Responsibilities

• Build and fine-tune generative models for real-time applications.
• Develop pipelines for integrating AI into user experiences.
• Collaborate with engineers to create intelligent systems.

Skills

Machine Learning

AI Engineering

Python

Deep Learning

Generative Models

Tools

PyTorch

TensorFlow

Hugging Face

Job description

About the Company:
We are a creative AI startup building interactive experiences where players, creators, and machines co-create. Our mission is to redefine digital storytelling, gameplay, and creative tooling by blending generative AI with rich, intuitive user interfaces. We’re a team of engineers, designers, and storytellers crafting real-time, adaptive systems powered by state-of-the-art machine learning models.

The Role:
We’re looking for a forward-thinking AI Engineer to help shape the core intelligence behind our platform. You’ll work on generative models that fuel interactive storytelling, character behaviors, and visual world-building. If you love blending deep learning with user-facing systems-and want to push boundaries in gaming, art, and narrative-this is for you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Build and fine-tune generative models (LLMs, diffusion models, etc.) for use in real-time interactive applications.

• Develop pipelines for integrating text, image, and behavioral AI into a seamless user experience.

• Collaborate with frontend and game engineers to create intelligent systems that respond fluidly to player input.

• Experiment with prompt engineering, RLHF, and multimodal model orchestration.

• Contribute to research, prototyping, and productionizing AI features that enhance creativity and interactivity.

What You Bring:

• 3+ years of experience in machine learning or AI engineering (ideally with generative models).

• Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face).

• Experience working with LLMs (e.g., GPT-4, Claude), diffusion models (e.g., Stable Diffusion), or transformers.

• Strong understanding of model inference, fine-tuning, and data pipelines.

• A creative mindset and passion for interactive media, games, or creative tech.

Bonus Points:

• Experience building or deploying real-time AI systems for games, art, or live applications.

• Familiarity with reinforcement learning, memory architectures, or agent-based systems.

• Knowledge of prompt chaining, semantic search, or vector databases (e.g., Weaviate, Pinecone).

• Background in NLP, computer vision, or multimodal model integration.

Why Join Us?

• Help shape the future of how humans create and play with AI.

• Work on experimental, ambitious products at the intersection of gaming, art, and machine intelligence.

• Remote-first culture with high autonomy and deep collaboration

Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.

George Wiles