Join to apply for the Founding AI Engineer role at Bluejay (YC X25)Join to apply for the Founding AI Engineer role at Bluejay (YC X25)Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.This range is provided by Bluejay (YC X25). Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.Base pay range$120,000.00/yr - $170,000.00/yrWhat You’ll DoBuild the brains. Architect and develop systems that simulate, analyze, and evaluate conversational AI agents, including voice and multimodal systems.Scale for the real world. Design resilient, scalable infrastructure using AWS (Lambda, EC2, WebSockets, WebRTC) to handle thousands of real-time conversations.Engineer trust. Develop algorithms and pipelines that surface insights, detect failure modes, and ensure agents are safe, reliable, and aligned with human intent.Collaborate deeply. Work closely with the founders, customers, and the entire team to shape product direction and technical architecture.Who You AreA builder who has designed and shipped projects in AI/ML, especially in NLP, LLMs, or conversational AI.Comfortable owning end-to-end systems—from rapid prototyping to production-ready deployments.Excited by the challenge of building highly scalable, real-time systems.A creative problem-solver who loves tackling ambiguous technical challenges.Entrepreneurial, scrappy, and energized by working on a small, fast-moving team.Passionate about building technology that’s trustworthy and safe.Why BluejayJoin a rocket ship backed by Y Combinator and top-tier investors.Shape the core technology and culture of the company.Work on hard, fascinating problems at the frontier of AI safety and reliability.Collaborate with a talented team who are former AI engineers from Microsoft and AWS.Competitive compensation and meaningful equity.Seniority levelSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionJob functionEngineering and Information TechnologyIndustriesSoftware DevelopmentReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Bluejay (YC X25) by 2xGet notified about new Artificial Intelligence Engineer jobs in San Francisco, CA.San Francisco, CA $130,000.00-$230,000.00 6 months agoSan Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$260,000.00 4 months agoSan Francisco, CA $140,000.00-$215,000.00 1 month agoSan Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$300,000.00 10 months agoResearch Engineer - Machine Learning (ML)San Francisco, CA $140,000.00-$160,000.00 5 months agoSan Francisco, CA $140,000.00-$180,000.00 5 months agoSan Francisco, CA $130,000.00-$180,000.00 3 months agoSan Francisco, CA $175,000.00-$225,000.00 8 months agoMachine Learning Engineer (I, II, or Sr.)San Francisco, CA $150,000.00-$250,000.00 3 weeks agoSan Francisco, CA $140,000.00-$160,000.00 4 months agoSan Francisco, CA $100,000.00-$300,000.00 2 days agoSoftware Engineer, Python - AI Training (Freelance, Remote)San Francisco, CA $130,000.00-$160,000.00 5 months agoSan Francisco, CA $130,000.00-$200,000.00 23 hours agoSan Francisco, CA $88,000.00-$140,000.00 1 month agoSan Francisco, CA $100,000.00-$300,000.00 1 year agoSan Francisco, CA $190,000.00-$355,000.00 3 weeks agoSan Francisco, CA $60,000.00-$120,000.00 1 month agoMachine Learning Engineer (I, II, or Sr.)San Francisco, CA $18,000.00-$36,000.00 1 month agoSan Francisco, CA $100,000.00-$300,000.00 3 weeks agoWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr