Remote AI Engineer for Enterprise Automation & Prototyping

Makai Labs, LLC.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote role (Eastern Time)

Opportunities to work in-person with当地

Generous PTO

Full health insurance premium reimbur

401(k) matching

Career growth & development机会

Job summary

Makai Labs is seeking an AI Engineer to build AI-powered enterprise automation tools and internal systems. You will prototype, ship, and iterate AI applications in collaboration with engineering and design teams, taking ownership of smaller projects end-to-end.

Ideal candidates have strong Python skills, a CS background, and experience with AI experiments, internships, coursework, or personal projects. The role offers a fully remote setup with opportunities for in-person collaboration and growth.

Qualifications

• Experience building AI applications through internships, coursework, research, or personal projects.
• Strong Python skills.
• Senior in college, recent graduate, or early-career engineer.

Responsibilities

• Build and improve AI-powered applications and internal tools
• Rapidly prototype, experiment, and iterate across client and internal projects
• Implement workflows that use LLMs, retrieval systems, agents, and structured outputs
• Contribute to shared platform work and reusable tooling
• Turn prototypes into reliable, client-ready systems
• Conduct research, benchmarking, testing, and evaluation of new approaches
• Own smaller projects or sub-projects with guidance from the team
• Take ownership of deliverables and help deliver work that meets client needs
• Write and maintain clear internal documentation

Skills

Python

AI prototyping

Education

Computer Science

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Docker

React

TypeScript

Job description

Makai Labs is seeking an AI Engineer to build AI-powered enterprise automation tools and internal systems. You will prototype, ship, and iterate AI applications in collaboration with engineering and design teams, taking ownership of smaller projects end-to-end.

Ideal candidates have strong Python skills, a CS background, and experience with AI experiments, internships, coursework, or personal projects. The role offers a fully remote setup with opportunities for in-person collaboration and growth.