Senior Applied AI Engineer

Job Description

Founding Engineer – Applied AI — Antes

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite preferred — exceptional remote candidates considered)

Compensation: $180,000 – $250,000 base + equity

Visa Sponsorship: H-1B, O-1, OPT supported

Experience Level: 2–6 years

Employment Type: Full-Time

About The Role

Antes is hiring a world-class Applied AI Engineer to build the core systems behind their automation engine for hardware engineering. You will design, implement, and post-train AI agents that power critical product development workflows for global enterprise customers.

What You'll Own

• Engineering agent workflows: design and implement core workflows and infrastructure for hardware engineering agents, including intelligent context management, novel indexing approaches, and post-training
• Design data interpretation: build agents and ML models that can interpret, reason over, and manipulate complex engineering design data, integrating with enterprise-grade engineering tools and systems
• Direct customer collaboration: work closely with customers and the engineering team to deliver AI-powered workflows that are reliable, intuitive, and trusted in production environments

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• Prototype rapidly, validate ideas with real users, and ship frequently
• Influence engineering culture, architecture decisions, and the future of the product
  
  

Requirements

• Bachelor's or higher in Computer Science, Machine Learning, or equivalent experience
• Strong familiarity with LLM architectures and agent research trends
• Excellent programming skills with experience using ML libraries such as PyTorch, Hugging Face, and W&B
• Experience building production ML or AI systems
• Solid practical experience with search and information retrieval
• Moves fast from idea to production with a genuine care for customer experience
• Based in or willing to relocate to San Francisco — or an exceptional remote candidate
  
  

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Nice to Have

• 2+ years in applied machine learning, backend engineering, or AI infrastructure
• Experience working with machine learning over geometric data, including CAD
• Track record of high-impact contributions or published papers at top-tier AI labs or teams
  
  

Benefits

• Unlimited PTO
• Full health insurance
• Free lunch and dinner

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• Company equipment provided
  
  

Interview Process

• Pending approval
• First round chat
• Second round engineering test
• Onsite (paid, all expenses covered)
• Offer
  
  

Logistics

SF onsite strongly preferred — exceptional remote candidates considered. H-1B, O-1, and OPT visa sponsorship available. Shortlisted candidates will be contacted by David Joseph & Co., the recruiting partner managing this search on behalf of Antes.

Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence