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Cirrus LogicInternal deployment & tooling

Senior AI Engineer

Austin, TXHybrid

Hands-on Senior AI Engineer on Cirrus Logic's centralized AI Core team, building and scaling AI-enabled engineering capabilities across R&D hardware, software, and firmware teams.

Pay range unavailable

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xAIInternal deployment & tooling

Software Engineer, Data Center - Memphis

Memphis, TN · Southaven, MSOn-site

This role builds and operates the internal software platforms that keep xAI's data centers running at frontier-AI scale.

Pay range unavailable

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Viral NationInternal deployment & tooling

Solutions Architect, AI Systems

US · city not listed

This is a hands-on Solutions Architect role at Viral Nation, a social-first marketing agency, focused on turning proprietary data into AI-driven products.

Pay range unavailable

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GeneraInternal deployment & tooling

Software Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Build core product systems that automate enterprise software deployments, including AI agents, a deployment context layer, and customer workflow integrations.

Pay range unavailable

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MerativeInternal deployment & tooling

Agentic Enterprise Engineer

USRemote

Design and build agentic AI workflows for enterprise business processes, partnering with stakeholders to deliver reliable automation solutions.

$152,440–$228,660

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firecrawlCustomer adoption & accounts

Success Engineer

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Success Engineer owning the technical health, adoption, retention, and expansion of customer accounts for an AI infrastructure/API product.

$190,000–$265,000

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LangChainTechnical pre-sales

Deployed Engineer (Houston)

Houston, TXRemote

Deployed Engineers co-architect and operate production AI agents with customer engineering teams, spanning pre-sales evaluations through post-deployment advisory work.

$150,000–$250,000 · OTE

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paradigm.xyzInternal deployment & tooling

Product Engineer, Applied AI

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Paradigm, a $11B crypto-focused investment firm, seeks a product engineer to build AI agents and developer tools that automate internal workflows and are open-sourced.

$250,000–$400,000

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Vertex PharmaceuticalsInternal deployment & tooling

Principal Full Stack AI Engineer

Boston, MAHybrid

Vertex is hiring a Principal Agent Engineer to design, prototype, and productionize AI agents and multi-step agent workflows integrated with enterprise systems and digital products.

$166,640–$250,000

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OptiverInternal deployment & tooling

AI Engineer

Chicago, IL

Optiver's Applied AI and Platform Engineering team seeks an experienced AI Engineer to design, build, and deploy production-grade AI systems—agent platforms, AI assistants, evaluation frameworks—that automate workflows and accelerate engineering across the firm.

$200,000–$200,000

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SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling

Application Software Engineer, Applied AI

CAOn-site

SpaceX's Application Software team is hiring an Applied AI engineer to design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate LLM and agentic systems that power mission-critical applications across launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations.

$125,000–$195,000

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FaireInternal deployment & tooling

GTM Systems Engineer

San Francisco, CAHybrid

GTM Systems Engineer on Faire's AI-first GTM Engineering team, building and operating production AI agents, integrations, and automations across the customer lifecycle.

$174,500–$240,000

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AndurilInternal deployment & tooling

Senior Full-Stack Software Engineer, SIG

Santa Ana, CA

Senior full-stack engineer on Anduril’s Systems Integrity Group, building simulation, digital-twin, and verification frameworks for shipbuilding manufacturing systems.

$191,000–$253,000

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AutostoreInternal deployment & tooling

AI Engineer – HW Development

Atlanta, GA

This AI Engineer role focuses on applying AI to accelerate hardware development at AutoStore, a global warehouse automation company.

Pay range unavailable

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SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling

Application Software Engineer, Applied AI

Redmond, WAOn-site

SpaceX's Application Software team is hiring an Applied AI engineer to design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate LLM and agentic systems into mission-critical applications supporting launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations.

$125,000–$200,000

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AmigoCustomer adoption & accounts

AI Deployment Strategist [NYC]

New York, NYOn-site

Amigo is hiring an AI Deployment Strategist to own the full customer lifecycle for healthcare organizations deploying AI agents, from contract signature through expansion.

$150,000–$200,000

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ATLAS SPInternal deployment & tooling

VP, AI Innovation

New York, NYOn-site

Embed directly with business desks to learn existing workflows, tools, and pain points firsthand.

Pay range unavailable

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SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling

Application Software Engineer, Applied AI

Bastrop, TXOn-site

Design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate modern AI systems (LLMs, agentic systems) into mission-critical applications that accelerate SpaceX launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations.

Pay range unavailable

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LangChainTechnical pre-sales

Deployed Engineer (Early Career- SF)

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Deployed Engineers co-architect, build, deploy, and operate production AI agents directly with customer engineering teams, spanning pre-sales evaluations through post-sale advisory work.

$160,000–$175,000 · OTE

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Retell AIInternal deployment & tooling

Internal Deployed Engineer

Redwood City, CAOn-site

Internal deployed engineering role on Retell AI's Founders Initiatives team, working directly with founders to build production-grade AI workflows, internal tools, and automations across recruiting, security, finance, operations, customer support, and GTM.

$180,000–$300,000

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SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling

Application Software Engineer, Applied AI

Starbase, TXOn-site

Design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate modern AI systems—including LLMs and agentic systems—that power mission-critical applications across SpaceX's launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations.

Pay range unavailable

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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling

Decision Engineer, Compute Operations

New York, NYOn-site

Build decision and operations software for Fluidstack's rapidly expanding AI infrastructure fleet, spanning GPU machines, bare-metal and Kubernetes health, repairs, hardware qualification, facility assets, and technician workflows.

$224,000–$300,000

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SpaceXInternal deployment & tooling

Application Software Engineer, Applied AI

Cape Canaveral, FLOn-site

Design, evaluate, deploy, and integrate modern AI systems (LLMs, agentic systems) into mission-critical applications across SpaceX, covering launch vehicle production, flight, and Starlink operations.

Pay range unavailable

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EtchedInternal deployment & tooling

Applied AI Engineer, Manufacturing Execution

San Jose, CAOn-site

Applied AI Engineer, Manufacturing Execution owns agentic systems that connect manufacturing signals to executable production, supply-chain, quality, logistics, and customer-deployment decisions.

Pay range unavailable

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ClickHouseInternal deployment & tooling

GTM Engineer, AI & Automation

San Francisco, CARemote

Build and operate AI agents, automation, and data-activation systems across ClickHouse's consumption-based go-to-market motion.

Pay range unavailable

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Tower Research CapitalInternal deployment & tooling

Software Engineer

New York, NY

Software Engineer on the Telco team at Tower Research Capital, building internal tools, data workflows, and AI-enabled applications for operational support.

$130,000–$170,000

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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling

Decision Engineer, Infrastructure Development & Delivery

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Build software that automates the delivery of gigawatt-scale AI infrastructure across concurrent data-center projects, from schedules and procurement through field execution, change orders, design control, and commissioning.

$224,000–$300,000

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Strive HealthInternal deployment & tooling

Principal AI Engineer

Denver, COHybrid

Partner with leaders across business units to identify and prioritize high-leverage AI opportunities that reduce manual work and improve speed/quality.

$130,000–$196,000

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BlueCross BlueShield of TennesseeInternal deployment & tooling

Senior AI Workflow Engineer

Chattanooga, TNRemote

Senior AI Workflow Engineer embedded within Commercial Finance at BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee, responsible for architecting and deploying AI-enabled workflows, integrating LLM agents and retrieval pipelines, and driving AI adoption across the enterprise.

Pay range unavailable

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FluidstackInternal deployment & tooling

Decision Engineer, Business Operations

San Francisco, CAOn-site

Decision Engineer, Business Operations builds software systems that operationalize Fluidstack's hiring, finance, capital, contracts, and accounting workflows as the company scales AI infrastructure projects.

$224,000–$300,000

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