Blank Metal
Senior AI Engineer
Minneapolis, MN · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 152 days ago
Backend DevelopmentFull-Stack DevelopmentVector DatabasesLLMsRAGAgentic AILeadershipCollaborationMentoring
About the role
- You're a technical leader who shapes how Blank Metal approaches AI engineering.
- You architect complex AI systems, make critical technical decisions, and elevate the entire team's capabilities.
- Establish technical standards and best practices for AI engineering across the team
Responsibilities
- Lead the technical architecture and strategy for AI‑powered projects
- Design scalable, production‑grade systems that handle real‑world complexity
- Own the quality and reliability of systems in production
- Mentor and develop other engineers
- Drive technical discussions and shape team standards
- Build observability and evaluation frameworks
- Partner with product and client teams to translate business needs into technical solutions
- AI Architecture Expertise: Deep understanding of production AI systems design, scalability, and reliability
- Production AI Leadership: Extensive hands-on experience building, deploying, and operating AI systems
- System Design Mastery: Can architect complex AI integrations that scale, handle edge cases, and provide excellent observability
Requirements
- AI Tooling Depth: Expert knowledge of LLM APIs, vector databases, prompt engineering, agents, and emerging AI tools
- Proven record of shipping complex, mission‑critical software
- Experience designing and leading technically challenging work from concept through delivery
- Shown ability to guide others, share knowledge, and influence technical direction
- Expert knowledge of LLM APIs, vector databases, prompt engineering, agents, and emerging AI tools
Nice to have
- Deep experience with vector databases and semantic search
- Background in AI observability, evaluation frameworks, or monitoring
- Experience with agent-based architectures and agentic AI systems
- Understanding of inference optimization and model serving
- Previous mentorship or technical leadership roles
- Contribution to AI-focused open source projects
- Craft meets velocity: we obsess over quality while delivering at startup speed
- Outcome-driven model: our projects align with client success, not billable hours
Skills
- Advanced development skills across frontend, backend, and infrastructure
Benefits
- With experience designing, building, and shipping AI features that hold up under real‑world use, you combine deep technical expertise with mentorship and vision.
- Contribute to longer‑term technical vision and innovation
Company info
- you'll work with peers who deeply understand modern AI's potential and limits
- Help the company scale AI capabilities as it grows
Equal opportunity
- Blank Metal is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
- We welcome all backgrounds and perspectives.
- Diversity makes our work better and our team stronger.
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