Applied AI Engineer: Build & Deploy Real-World Agent AI

tz; New York, Northern (NY, KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

The Zeal Company is seeking an applied AI professional in New York to deploy agent systems in production, solving real customer problems across a portfolio. You will own scoping, architecture, building, and production deployment, working closely with customers to ensure reliability and measurable outcomes.

You will operate with deep technical hands-on skills, including LLMs, agent frameworks, and tooling, delivering impactful AI solutions in fast-paced environments.

Qualifications

• Built and deployed AI systems used in production.
• Strong technical coding output with daily CLI/IDE usage.
• Experience translating customer problems into working AI solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, deploy and maintain agent AI systems for real customers.
• Own the full lifecycle from scoping and architecture to production rollout.
• Collaborate with customers to understand problems and deliver reliable systems.

Skills

Hands-on coding

AI systems deployment

Customer interaction

LLMs

Agent frameworks

Tool use

Tools

CLI

IDEs

Job description

The Zeal Company is seeking an applied AI professional in New York to deploy agent systems in production, solving real customer problems across a portfolio. You will own scoping, architecture, building, and production deployment, working closely with customers to ensure reliability and measurable outcomes.

You will operate with deep technical hands-on skills, including LLMs, agent frameworks, and tooling, delivering impactful AI solutions in fast-paced environments.