Job description
Senior AI Engineer
Texas-based (Houston or Austin preferred, Relocation Support Available)
$170,000 - $200,000 + Very Generous Equity + Full Benefits + PTO
Are you a Senior AI Engineer ready to make a real-world impact in one of the world's most valuable and complex industries - energy?
If you're passionate about deploying cutting-edge AI to solve real problems-and love working hands-on with data, models, and early customers this is your chance to help shape the future of energy.
This is your chance to join a fast-growing, GenAI company building tools for the energy sector. With great funding and strong traction across the industry, they're on a mission to bring intelligent search and community to a sector desperate for innovation.
As one of the earliest AI hires, you'll help drive product development, onboard key enterprise customers, and play a foundational role in defining the technical direction of the company.
The Role:
*Deploy production-level RAG systems in energy environments
*Work across LLM routing, embedding models, chunking/indexing pipelines, and semantic tagging
*Ingest complex enterprise data and turn it into AI-usable knowledge
*Collaborate closely with clients and internal teams to refine the AI stack
*Join a growing team of domain experts and engineers at a critical inflection point
The Person:
*Deep technical proficiency and enthusiasm for AI/ML innovation
*Deep fluency in fine-tuning, vector search, embeddings, and LLM-based systems
*Comfortable working in fast-paced, hands-on startup environments
*Based in or willing to relocate to Texas (Houston or Austin preferred)
Reference Number: BBBH257648
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.
