Senior AI Engineer — Agentic GRC Production Systems

Zania; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible PTO

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Relocation support

Immigration support

Meals in office

Significant equity

Job summary

Zania, based in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Applied AI Engineer to build production AI systems for governance, risk, and compliance. You will own AI-native products with focus on accuracy, explainability, and responsible design, taking models from development to production.

You will fine-tune foundation models, develop agentic workflows, and ensure AI safety and transparency. The role includes relocation support and a competitive compensation package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS, Engineering, or related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 4+ years of applied AI, ML engineering, or related technical role.
• Hands-on experience building and deploying LLM-based systems (fine-tuning, RAG, or agentic workflows) in production.

Responsibilities

• Build & fine-tune models for GRC tasks with high accuracy and explainability.
• Develop AI-native, multi-step agentic workflows to automate complex GRC processes.
• Champion responsible AI with explainability and safety in production systems.
• Drive rapid prototyping and integration of state-of-the-art AI research into production features.

Skills

Applied AI

ML engineering

LLMs

Fine-tuning

RAG

Agentic workflows

Production ML

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering

Tools

RAG pipelines

Agentic systems

Job description

Zania, based in San Francisco, seeks a Senior Applied AI Engineer to build production AI systems for governance, risk, and compliance. You will own AI-native products with focus on accuracy, explainability, and responsible design, taking models from development to production.

You will fine-tune foundation models, develop agentic workflows, and ensure AI safety and transparency. The role includes relocation support and a competitive compensation package.