Applied AI Lead: Deploy Mission-Critical AI at Scale

Peregrine; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 225,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Peregrine is looking for a Lead of Applied AI to drive the application of AI across their platform in San Francisco, California. This key role involves leading a team to create AI-powered product capabilities, improving decision quality through advanced AI strategies, and ensuring the infrastructure meets enterprise-level standards. A salary range of $225,000 - $320,000 annually is offered along with benefits and potential equity. Join Peregrine to help leverage AI for better public safety solutions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience shipping AI-powered features into production.
• Hands-on experience with model fine-tuning (LLMs or deep learning models).
• Practical exposure to reinforcement learning.
• Experience in designing and operating AI/ML infrastructure.
• Direct ownership of model evaluation, experimentation, and quality measurement.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design and deployment of customer-facing AI features.
• Translate real operational problems into deployable AI-powered solutions.
• Ensure models are observable, scalable, secure, and cost-effective in production.
• Define and operate robust evaluation frameworks.

Skills

Experience shipping AI-powered features

Model fine-tuning (LLMs or deep learning)

Reinforcement learning

AI/ML infrastructure design

Software engineering fundamentals

Job description

Peregrine is looking for a Lead of Applied AI to drive the application of AI across their platform in San Francisco, California. This key role involves leading a team to create AI-powered product capabilities, improving decision quality through advanced AI strategies, and ensuring the infrastructure meets enterprise-level standards. A salary range of $225,000 - $320,000 annually is offered along with benefits and potential equity. Join Peregrine to help leverage AI for better public safety solutions.