Job description
Lead AI Engineer
Remote, occasional travel to Texas (United States)
$250,000 - $500,000 + Very Generous Equity + Full Health Benefits + PTO
Are you an expert-level AI Engineer with top-tier AI company experience who's ready to take full ownership of AI at a high-growth company and put your stamp on the foundations of a next-generation platform?
This is your opportunity to lead the AI vision at a fast-moving startup that's reshaping how the energy industry finds, understands, and uses information. Backed by strong funding and gaining rapid traction across the industry, they're on a mission to bring intelligent search and community to a market that's ready for innovation.
As the company's go-to AI expert, you'll be responsible for architecting and scaling the core AI capabilities behind their next-generation platform. From model optimization and deployment to working hands-on with customer feedback and real-world data, this is a role where you'll shape not just the product - but the company's future.
You'll work alongside a world-class engineering team and have the chance to grow an AI function from the ground up, starting with IC-heavy execution and transitioning to leadership and team building as the company scales. If you're passionate about cutting-edge AI, bring experience from leading AI organizations, and want to build something truly transformative, this position is for you.
A rare opportunity to shape cutting-edge AI technology in a foundational role - setting technical direction, defining best practices, and driving product strategy, all while accelerating your career growth as the company expands.
The Role:
*Architect and deploy production-level RAG systems in enterprise energy environments
*Work across LLM routing, embedding models, chunking/indexing pipelines, and semantic tagging
*Apply deep expertise in model optimization, pruning, compression, and inference acceleration
*Ingest complex enterprise data and turn it into AI-usable knowledge
*Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams to refine the AI stack
*Build an AI function from the ground up, alongside a team of energy industry domain experts and high-level software engineers
The Person:
*Background from a top-tier AI company with exposure to best practices
*Expert-level knowledge across data engineering, ML, and LLM systems - still comfortable coding, training, and deploying in production
*Proven experience shipping enterprise AI products (RAG, workflow automation, secure B2B AI platforms)
*Startup DNA - thrives in fast-moving environments, able to own problems today and scale a team tomorrow
Reference Number: BBBH261438
To apply for this role or for to be considered for further roles, please click "Apply Now" or contact Tiernan Conlon at Rise Technical Recruitment.
Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd acts as an employment agency for permanent roles and an employment business for temporary roles.
The salary advertised is the bracket available for this position. The actual salary paid will be dependent on your level of experience, qualifications and skill set. We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitable candidates.
