Applied AI Engineer

Pivotal Partners; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Pivotal Partners is seeking an Applied AI Engineer to work directly with enterprise teams to adopt AI workflows. This hands-on role combines software engineering with customer training and support.

The ideal candidate possesses a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and is experienced in deploying AI applications. Strong communication skills are essential for explaining technical concepts to diverse audiences.

The position offers the opportunity to lead workshops and collaborate closely with engineering teams at a cutting-edge AI company.

Qualifications

• Experience as a Teaching Assistant or Coding Instructor is a must.
• Experience deploying AI applications into production environments.
• Ability to explain complex concepts to technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Lead hands-on workshops and technical training sessions.
• Help customers deploy and optimize AI development tools.
• Build, debug, and automate software alongside engineering teams.

Skills

Software Engineering Fundamentals

Consulting Skills

Teaching Skills

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience

Job description

Pivotal Partners is exclusively partnered with a Series D AI company defining the AI Software Development space.

Backed by top-tier investors and founded by a deeply technical team (ex-Scale AI, Cursor, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Waymo), the company is already valued at $30B.

As one of our first Applied AI Engineers, you'll work directly with enterprise engineering teams to help them adopt AI-powered development workflows. You'll combine strong software engineering fundamentals with consulting and teaching skills, helping customers integrate AI into their day-to-day development processes while building software alongside them.

If you're a Software Engineer/ Full stack engineer who wants to stay hands-on while becoming more customer-facing and influential in how engineering teams adopt AI, this is worth a conversation.

Responsibilities:

• Lead hands-on workshops, technical training, and pair programming sessions with engineering teams.
• Help customers deploy, integrate, and optimize AI development tools within their engineering workflows.
• Build, debug, and automate real‑world software alongside customer engineering teams.
• Identify high-impact opportunities to apply AI across software development and technical workflows.
• Create reusable enablement content, best practices, and scalable training programs.
• Partner with product, engineering, and customer-facing teams to improve adoption, onboarding, and product feedback.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Programming, AI or equivalent practical experience).
• Experience as a Teaching assistant/ Coding Instructor as a MUST have
• Experience deploying AI, LLM, or agentic applications into production environments.
• Experience leading technical workshops, onboarding, training, or developer enablement programs.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Proven customer-facing experience, a passion for mentoring engineers, and the ability to thrive in fast-paced, high-growth environments.