Aifund
Engineer in Residence - Generative AI
Mountain View, CA
Sponsorship not specified$10k-$10kDetected 41 days ago
JavaScriptPythonHTMLCSSFull-Stack DevelopmentGitSQLNoSQLPostgreSQLMongoDBVector DatabasesAWSGCPCloud PlatformsMachine LearningLLMsRAGLangGraphCommunication
About the role
- The AI Fund team combines their experiences as AI pioneers, entrepreneurs, venture capitalists, investors, and operators.
- You should possess intense curiosity and leverage modern Generative AI frameworks.
- You're passionate about staying ahead of the curve in AI constantly exploring new tools, frameworks, and best practices.
Responsibilities
- Drive rapid engineering efforts to build full-stack applications using GenAI tools, enabling deep exploration of product ideas, user experiences, and technical feasibility
- Apply GenAI building blocks (prompt engineering, graphDBs, vectorDBs, agentic frameworks, evals, and guardrails) to real-world development
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, and AI experts to create, test, and iterate on new concepts
- Deploy and manage applications on cloud infrastructure (e.g., AWS, GCP, Supabase)
- Build and integrate APIs and third-party services
- Demonstrated experience building applications that incorporate Generative AI
Requirements
- Proficiency with GenAI tools and frameworks: prompt engineering, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), vector databases (e.g., Pinecone, Weaviate), agentic platforms (e.g., LangGraph, CrewAI), LLM evals, and guardrails
Skills
- Experience with front-end technologies like JavaScript, HTML, CSS, and modern frameworks
- Strong back-end skills, particularly with Python
- Familiarity with SQL and NoSQL databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, etc.)
- Hands-on experience using AI-assisted coding tools (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code) and understanding of best practices for effective use
- Proven track record of architecting, implementing, and deploying scalable and maintainable AI-powered systems
- Expertise in designing end-to-end system architectures involving front-end, back-end, APIs, and AI/ML components
- Deep curiosity and a fast-learning mindset especially around emerging trends in AI
- Ability to write scrappy, disposable code for fast prototyping, and clean code for scalable products
- Strong communication skills and ability to work collaboratively across disciplines
Compensation
- $10k-$10k
Company info
- AI is the new electricity: Just as electricity transformed numerous industries starting 100 years ago, AI is now poised to do the same.
- AI Fund is a venture studio founded by Dr.
- Andrew Ng in 2017.
- Our portfolio companies use AI technology to build applications across numerous industry sectors.
- We are backed by a $390-million dollar fund from top-tier global corporations and VC firms.
- Our purpose is to build AI companies that move humanity forward What We're Looking For: For the Engineer in Residence role, we are seeking an AI Full-Stack Engineer with fluency in software development and proficient in rapid prototyping.
- The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments where the goal is to quickly build and iterate on full-stack applications leveraging cutting-edge AI techniques, as well as guiding technical vision and defining architectural patterns.
- You'll collaborate closely with Andrew Ng to bring experimental ideas to life through functional prototypes.
- This role puts you in the front row of where AI is heading, working with technologies that are helping shape the future.
- If you're driven by ambition, innovation, and the thrill of building what's next this is the role for you.
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