Senior/Principal Applied AI Engineer - Autonomous Systems

High Country Search Group; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 225,000 - 350,000; Full time

Job summary

High Country Search Group is actively seeking Senior or Principal Applied AI Engineers specializing in agentic workflows and autonomous systems. The role requires residence in the Bay Area or Denver area and a willingness to work in a hybrid pattern 2-3x per week.

The compensation range offered is $225k–$350k with equity potential and no visa sponsorship at this time. Ideal candidates will have deep production-grade experience, proficiency with CrewAI, OpenAI frontier models, LangChain, and

Qualifications

• Deep past experience as a developer and architect scaling production-grade agentic workflows and autonomous systems.
• Implement advanced reasoning, tool-use frameworks, and execution patterns (ReAct, function calling, and vector databases).
• Design comprehensive observability pipelines and governance for traceable autonomous decisions.
• Demonstrate startup DNA, thriving in fast-paced environments with cross-functional execution.

Skills

Agentic workflows

OpenAI frontier models

LangChain

ReAct

Function calling

Vector databases

Tools

CrewAI

Job description

High Country Search Group is actively seeking Senior or Principal Applied AI Engineers specializing in agentic workflows and autonomous systems. The role requires residence in the Bay Area or Denver area and a willingness to work in a hybrid pattern 2-3x per week.

The compensation range offered is $225k–$350k with equity potential and no visa sponsorship at this time. Ideal candidates will have deep production-grade experience, proficiency with CrewAI, OpenAI frontier models, LangChain, and