Lead Applied AI Engineer

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of groundbreaking projects involving LLMs and traditional ML techniques
• Design and implement novel research synthesis ideas using NLP to drive business value
• Build advanced systems including search ranking algorithms, in-house prompt optimization systems, and agentic entity deduping systems
• Contribute to product decisions, direction, and prioritization as a key technical leader
• Shape the engineering culture and help build out the AI/ML team
• Collaborate with external partners and senior stakeholders to fuel company growth

Requirements

• Must be based in New York City (On-site)
• Proven experience building LLM systems from the ground up within product-focused organizations
• Ability to translate complex AI/ML problems for non-technical audiences clearly and succinctly
• Experience working closely with senior stakeholders to deliver large-scale projects end-to-end
• Strong bias to action and a highly organized approach to problem-solving

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Private healthcare
• Gym membership
• In-office cook
• Unique opportunity to work from Greece during the summer

About the Company

Junior is a fast-growing, profitable, and bootstrapped startup building cutting-edge LLM-powered tools for investment research. We serve the world's most demanding deal teams, including top global private equity firms and Big 4 professional services firms. With a growing team in London and New York, we are expanding rapidly into new verticals like investment banking and hedge funds.