Lead Applied AI Engineer
$160k - $200k • New York, NY • FullTime
Posted 9d ago
Remote Work Policy
On-site
Employment Type
FullTime
Categories
Applied AI Engineer
About the job
LangChain is seeking a Lead Applied AI Engineer to join our NYC-based team. This is a hands-on role focused on leading technical projects from conception to deployment and mentoring other engineers. You will be instrumental in driving the development of complex agentic projects, acting as a technical leader and problem-solver for the team. This role is ideal for someone who wants to work at the frontier of agent building, iterating rapidly and contributing to the evolution of our platform.
Responsibilities
- Design, implement, and deploy end-to-end AI workflows and agents.
- Develop and iterate on agent architectures, evaluation pipelines, and performance frameworks.
- Set the technical bar for the team regarding code quality, testing, documentation, and project scoping.
- Mentor engineers through code review and design discussions.
- Collaborate with customers and stakeholders to translate requirements into technical plans.
- Identify and drive enhancements for internal tooling, frameworks, and processes.
- Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and insights to diverse audiences.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with teams like Marketing, GTM, Recruiting, or Product to identify automation opportunities.
- Contribute to the LangChain and LangGraph ecosystem, including open-source components, documentation, and shared tools.
Requirements
- 4+ years of software engineering experience with direct experience building and deploying LLM-powered applications or agents in production.
- Experience leading technical projects end-to-end and mentoring engineers.
- Hands-on experience implementing evaluation and monitoring systems for agents or workflows.
- Deep understanding of AI system components: prompting, retrieval, orchestration, inference APIs, and model selection.
- Strong coding skills in Python or TypeScript (ideally both).
- Excellent communication skills, able to simplify complex technical ideas.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment.
- Natural curiosity and motivation to learn new tools and approaches in applied AI.
- Based in or willing to relocate to New York, NY.
Benefits
- Base salary
- Meaningful equity
- Health and dental coverage
- Flexible vacation
- 401(k) plan
- Life insurance
- Medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Meals on in-office days in the US