Applied AI Engineer, Founding Team
$62,800–$218,800 year
On-site · Chicago, Illinois, United States or New York City, New York, United States
Job Summary
Applied AI Engineer on a Founding Team for an enterprise knowledge platform. You will contribute to a multi-tenant knowledge repository on Oracle-based infrastructure, extend MCP server infrastructure across Oracle product lines, and accelerate AI-assisted sales with AI-generated content and live demo assets. You’ll serve as an Anthropic/AI coding agent SME across internal teams and client engagements, partnering with solution architects, sales, and delivery teams to embed AI across the Accenture-Oracle alliance. Travel may be required (0-100% depending on business needs). Key duties include building and extending retrieval pipelines and evaluation frameworks, deploying agentic AI systems, and translating complex AI concepts for both technical and non-technical audiences. Role requires deep experience in AI/ML, hybrid retrieval systems, agentic AI tooling, and ability to operate in fast-paced, startup-like environments within a large global firm.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum of 5 years experience in software engineering, AI/ML, or enterprise technology
- Minimum of 1 year of experience with hybrid retrieval systems — vector search, knowledge graphs, or structured search pipelines
- Minimum of 1 year of hands-on experience building and deploying agentic AI systems — Claude/Anthropic, or equivalent
- Experience with Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers, agentic harness frameworks, or tool-use orchestration
- Experience designing evaluation frameworks or quality gates for AI system output
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent (minimum 12 years' work experience)
Additional Requirements
- US work authorization with no visa sponsorship required (no current or future sponsorship)
- Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship
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