Alternative Payments

Applied AI Lead

New York

Work authorization required$150k-$200kDetected 76 days ago

LLMsRAGAgentic AICommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingAccounts Payable

About the role

Starting with MSPs, we've spent five years perfecting accounts receivable, and we're now expanding into accounts payable, AI-powered analytics, and beyond.
We believe the best solutions come from diverse perspectives, deep collaboration, and a shared obsession with customer impact.
This role is available to candidates eligible to work in the US, hybrid in New York.

partner with functional leaders to identify high-leverage areas where AI tooling can dramatically reduce effort, increase quality, or accelerate timelines
Own context engineering, prompt design, tool definitions, eval harnesses, and human-in-the-loop checkpoints.
Build and maintain reusable skills, sub-agents, and MCP integrations that compound across functions
Own AP's internal AI tool stack: model selection, vendor evaluation, build-vs-buy decisions, license utilization, data handling policies, and access controls.
Support the biz-ops and operational engineering team in building AI-native dashboards and workflows that are architected for scale.
Collaborate with the Head of Data to ensure data infrastructure supports AI consumption patterns and advocate for what needs to change to unlock specific product bets.
Support product organization on AI feature implementation: define context structure, retrieval strategy, and how agents interact with platform data.
Act as the operational owner of AI at the business; partner with functional leaders to identify high-leverage areas where AI tooling can dramatically reduce effort, increase quality, or accelerate timelines
MCP experience: you've built MCP servers, integrated them into agent workflows, and understand the design space.
A proactive mindset with the ability to drive projects independently in a high-ambiguity, fast-moving environment.

Production prompt engineering and context engineering experience: You can articulate the trade-offs between long context, RAG, fine-tuning, and tool use, and have made these calls before.
Strong understanding of AI security: prompt injection, access control in agentic systems, data exposure risks, and how to harden LLM-adjacent infrastructure.

Propose and help establish AI best practices, tooling standards, and evaluation frameworks across both product and operational contexts.
Applying to Alternative Payments

Within the range, individual pay is determined by factors including relevant skills, experience, education/training.
Equity opportunities so you can share in our growth and success.
Unlimited PTO and flexibility when you need it the most.
Yearly learning & development stipend to help you grow and do your best work.
We believe in shared learning, open communication, and building each other up.

closing the loop on money movement and laying the foundation for a platform that will reshape how service businesses operate financially.
We're growing fast, thinking big, and building a global team that wants to be part of something that lasts.
If you're energized by real problems, real customers, and real impact, we want to hear from you!
As a scaling start-up, there's a lot to be done and initiative is key.
When one of us grows, we all do.
Want to see what we're actually building?
We made a short video so you don't have to take our word for it.
Get a glimpse of our product, our people, and the problems we're solving, then decide if it sounds like your kind of place.
We're looking for candidates who are ready to step in and make an impact from day one.

If you require reasonable accommodation during the hiring process, please let us know upon being selected to interview.

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