Artificial Intelligence Engineer

Oriental Recruitment; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Stealth AI Startup in San Francisco is seeking a Member of Technical Staff (AI Engineering) to help build AI-native experiences from the ground up. You will ship AI-agent features, craft intelligent prompts, and drive the product direction with a strong emphasis on user-centric AI usage and reliability.

You will work closely with product and design teams, owning AI components from prototype to production while shaping personalization, context awareness, and proactive recommendations for

Qualifications

• 3+ years of software engineering experience, ideally building AI-native consumer products.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, RAG, memory systems, and model evaluation.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience deploying production AI applications.
• Excellent product intuition and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship AI-agent experiences involving LLMs, tool use, model orchestration, and conversational interfaces.
• Develop long-term memory, retrieval, and contextual intelligence systems.
• Create personalized AI features, including intelligent summaries, contextual insights, and proactive recommendations.
• Design and optimize prompts, evaluation frameworks, and agent performance.
• Collaborate closely with product and design to deliver intuitive, reliable, and engaging AI experiences.
• Take end-to-end ownership of AI features from prototype to production.

Skills

LLMs

AI agents

RAG

Memory systems

Model evaluation

Production AI

Product intuition

Job description

Hiring: AI Engineer - AI Agents & Personal Intelligence | Stealth AI Startup

Experience: 3+ years

We're partnering with an exciting, early-stage AI startup in San Francisco that's building innovative, AI-native products designed to transform how people interact with technology in their everyday lives.

The company is backed by an ambitious founding team and is focused on developing next-generation AI experiences that are intelligent, personalized, and seamlessly integrated into daily life.

They're looking for a talented Member of Technical Staff (AI Engineering) to join the core engineering team and help shape the company's AI capabilities from the ground up.

What You'll Work On:

• Build and ship AI-agent experiences involving LLMs, tool use, model orchestration, and conversational interfaces.
• Develop long-term memory, retrieval, and contextual intelligence systems.
• Create personalized AI features, including intelligent summaries, contextual insights, and proactive recommendations.
• Design and optimize prompts, evaluation frameworks, and agent performance.
• Collaborate closely with product and design to deliver intuitive, reliable, and engaging AI experiences.
• Take end-to-end ownership of AI features from prototype to production.

What We're Looking For:

• 3+ years of software engineering experience, ideally building AI-native consumer products.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, AI agents, RAG, memory systems, and model evaluation.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience deploying production AI applications.
• Excellent product intuition and a passion for creating exceptional user experiences.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, early-stage startup environment with significant ownership.
• Genuine interest in personal AI, intelligent agents, and emerging AI technologies.

Why This Opportunity?

This is an opportunity to join a small, ambitious team at an early stage, work directly with the founding team, and take meaningful ownership of the company's core AI technology.

You'll help build sophisticated AI systems from the ground up, with significant influence over technical decisions, product direction, and the evolution of the platform.