Senior ML Engineer - Internal AI Tools & Secure Automation

C2R Ventures; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

C2R Ventures in NYC is seeking a Senior ML Engineer to design and implement internal AI-native tools across the firm. You will work with research, investment, compliance and operations to identify automation opportunities and deliver high-leverage tools.

Responsibilities include building on-prem AI tools, designing orchestration components, vector search and retrieval-augmented generation, and secure integration with internal systems and external LLM APIs.

Qualifications

• Strong background in backend or full-stack engineering with ML exposure.
• Experience designing secure, low-latency workflows across data boundaries.
• Familiarity with on-prem infrastructure and AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Build internal AI tools and automation workflows within on-prem datasets and infrastructure.
• Design components for orchestration, vector search, and retrieval-augmented generation.
• Interface with external LLM APIs through secure endpoints; manage prompts and responses.
• Develop libraries and APIs to support reusable patterns across user-facing tools.

Skills

Backend development

ML tooling familiarity

Security-conscious design

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/OR or similar

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

HAProxy

Logging/Monitoring systems

Job description

C2R Ventures in NYC is seeking a Senior ML Engineer to design and implement internal AI-native tools across the firm. You will work with research, investment, compliance and operations to identify automation opportunities and deliver high-leverage tools.

Responsibilities include building on-prem AI tools, designing orchestration components, vector search and retrieval-augmented generation, and secure integration with internal systems and external LLM APIs.