Client-Facing AI Engineer — Ownership, Equity, Hybrid NYC

Transformworks; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity compensation

Profit-sharing

Health, dental, and vision coverage

Direct ownership of projects

Hands‑on work with AI models

Small high‑trust team

Job summary

Transformworks is an AI implementation partner partnering with investors and operators to deliver production AI systems in healthcare, education, and financial services. This role is based in New York City with a hybrid work model, collaborating directly with client executives and technical teams to turn high‑value problems into reliable AI solutions.

You will own the full journey—from understanding workflows to shipping systems and iterating toward measurable results—while working hands‑on with

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience building software or applied AI systems.
• Strong Python fundamentals and comfort with APIs, databases, and cloud infrastructure.
• Hands‑on experience building with LLMs through professional work or substantial independent projects.
• Evidence that you have shipped something real and can explain how it evolved after reaching users.
• Strong product and business judgment.
• Clear communication and comfort working directly with clients.
• A high degree of ownership and the ability to make progress through ambiguity.

Responsibilities

• Build and deploy AI agents, workflow automations, data pipelines, integrations, and internal applications
• Work directly with clients to understand their operations, systems, and business objectives
• Own technical workstreams from discovery through deployment, adoption, and iteration
• Build evaluation, monitoring, and human‑review systems that make AI reliable in production
• Communicate technical decisions, progress, and tradeoffs to engineers, operators, and executives
• Turn lessons from client engagements into reusable tools and engineering standards

Skills

Python fundamentals

LLMs

APIs & cloud

Client communication

Ownership

Product judgment

Tools

TypeScript

React

Job description

Transformworks is an AI implementation partner partnering with investors and operators to deliver production AI systems in healthcare, education, and financial services. This role is based in New York City with a hybrid work model, collaborating directly with client executives and technical teams to turn high‑value problems into reliable AI solutions.

You will own the full journey—from understanding workflows to shipping systems and iterating toward measurable results—while working hands‑on with