About the role
About the Role
As the first senior AI hire at an AI-powered marketing technology startup, you will own the quality and intelligence of multi-channel marketing agents. You will shape the agent architecture, evaluation systems, and learning loops, and help build the AI team as the company grows.
What You'll Do
* Improve agent output and content quality across social channels and article writing, making quality measurable through evaluation systems.
* Improve search engine optimization and generative engine optimization performance.
* Build feedback loops that help agents learn from real-world outcomes and performance signals.
* Own and improve AI infrastructure, agent architecture, model strategy, and supporting data pipelines.
* Help hire and lead the AI team as the organization grows.
What We're Looking For
* At least 3 years of experience building production machine learning or AI systems, including recent hands-on experience shipping LLM products or agents.
* Experience designing evaluation systems and learning from outcome signals at scale, particularly in search, ranking, or recommendations.
* Strong TypeScript, including Next.js, and Python skills for building end-to-end products, data analysis, evaluation, and model work.
* Strong judgment about output quality, with the ability to make it measurable and actionable.
* Experience taking ownership in a startup or small-team environment; experience with search, algorithms, reinforcement learning, or marketing technology is relevant.
Compensation & Benefits
Target annual compensation is $180,000 to $230,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California.