Founding Engineer

Goliath Partners

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 250,000 - 350,000

Full time

14 days+
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Job summary

Goliath Partners is seeking a Founding Fullstack AI Engineer to join their innovative team in New York. This role is key in designing and deploying scalable AI pipelines and building backend systems that power autonomous workflows.

Ideal candidates should have at least 4 years of experience and a strong understanding of AI systems. Total compensation ranges from $250,000 to $350,000, plus equity between 0.05% and 0.1%.

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of experience in relevant field.
  • Proficiency in building scalable backend systems.
  • Understanding of AI and machine learning frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Design and deploy scalable search/retrieval pipelines for heterogeneous data.
  • Build backend systems for managing context in autonomous workflows.
  • Combine various AI models to enable robust multi-step behaviors.

Skills

Experience with search/retrieval pipelines
Backend system design
Combination of LLMs and vision models
Reinforcement learning
Orchestration scaffolds

Job description

The team is eager to bring on a Founding Fullstack AI Engineer to join the team. There is a bit of wiggle room on tenure necessary, we are looking at those with anywhere from 4 Years of Experience onwards.

Role Highlights
  • Design and deploy scalable search/retrieval pipelines for heterogeneous data (structured + unstructured).
  • Build Backend systems that manage context and power RAG based workflows for autonomous agents.
  • Combine LLMs, vision models, reinforcement learning, and orchestration scaffolds to enable robust multi step agent behavior.

Total Comp: $250-350k from a base perspective. Equity will also be involved at anywhere from .05-.1%.

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