Senior AI Engineer
At a glance
Senior AI Engineering role at Acquisition.com. Remote, United States · full-time · $170,000–$200,000 base.
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What you'll do
- Build and launch AI agents and multi-step workflows that address business problems across ACQ Vantage
- Connect LLMs to internal tools, APIs and data, making those integrations reliable and performant
- Tune RAG pipelines across Pinecone namespaces, from chunking and embeddings through retrieval and reranking
- Create evaluation systems that test retrieval, score quality, track latency and catch regressions
- Improve model selection and AI-layer monitoring to manage costs, output quality and unusual behavior
What you bring
- At least seven years delivering production software, including backend systems, APIs, deployments and monitoring
- Two or more years developing production RAG with a vector database, including index and retrieval tuning
- Production experience deploying agents or multi-step LLM workflows, plus contributing to an LLM product evaluation framework
- Experience lowering production LLM costs and working with multiple providers; comfortable coding in TypeScript and Python
Who this fits
This suits a hands-on senior engineer who writes code daily and takes AI systems from initial design into production. The role is remote for US-based employees, with quarterly Las Vegas on-sites and work hours aligned to your local or Pacific timezone, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. You may need to support important launches or events.
From the employer
Role
The Senior AI Engineer builds and deploys production-grade AI agents that power ACQ Vantage. This role exists to turn AI capability into real, usable systems that drive business outcomes, not experiments or prototypes.
You will work inside a lean Technology team to design, build, and ship agentic workflows that interact with internal tools, data systems, and user-facing products. You are responsible for taking ideas from concept to production, with a focus on reliability, speed, and practical value.
This is a hands-on engineering role. You are writing code daily, iterating quickly, and working directly with modern AI tooling. You are expected to understand how LLMs behave in production, not just how they work in theory.
Responsibilities
Design, build, and deploy production-grade AI agents and end-to-end agentic workflows that solve real business problems across ACQ Vantage
Integrate LLMs with internal systems, APIs, and data sources, ensuring reliability, performance, and clean abstractions
Collaborate with product and engineering teams to prioritize, ship, and iterate on AI features quickly
Own and improve RAG pipelines across multiple Pinecone namespaces, including chunking strategy, embedding model selection, hybrid retrieval, and reranking
Build and maintain an evaluation framework, including golden datasets, automated quality scoring, retrieval metrics, latency benchmarks, and regression detection
Optimize model routing and tiering to improve unit economics while maintaining output quality
Instrument the AI layer for observability, including cost-per-request, token usage, quality signals, and anomaly detection
Requirements
7+ years shipping production software systems (distributed backends, APIs, deployment pipelines, monitoring)
2+ years building production RAG systems using vector databases (Pinecone, Qdrant, FAISS, or Weaviate), including embedding strategies, index management, and retrieval tuning
Built and deployed AI agents or multi-step LLM workflows in production, including tool use, orchestration, and system integrations
Built or contributed to an evaluation framework for an LLM-based product (retrieval quality measurement, regression detection, model-switching decisions based on data)
Reduced LLM API costs in production through model routing, caching, token management, or architectural improvements
Worked across multiple LLM providers (OpenAI, Anthropic, or equivalent) and understands tradeoffs in prompt behavior, token economics, and failure modes
Comfortable in both TypeScript and Python (our stack uses both)
Results
Production AI agents are deployed and actively used within ACQ Vantage
New AI-driven features move from concept to production in weeks, not months
Agent performance improves over time through structured testing and iteration
AI systems operate reliably with minimal failure or manual intervention
Engineering output translates directly into measurable business impact
Schedule
Work hours aligned with local timezone or Pacific timezone (8a-5p M-F)
Availability to support critical launches or events when needed
Location
Full-time, remote (US-based)
Quarterly on-sites in Las Vegas
Compensation:
$170,000 - $200,000 base salary
The salary range may be inclusive of several levels that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be based on a number of factors including, level, relevant prior experience, skills, and expertise. This range is only inclusive of base salary, not benefits (more details below).
Benefits:
We offer a comprehensive, evolving benefits package designed to support your health, family, and wellbeing. Some key offerings:
Flexible Unlimited Paid Time Off and Company-wide Holidays
Employer sponsored Medical, Dental, & Vision plans
$1,950 annual Employer HSA contribution
FSA options including dependent care
Employee assistance program and mental health resources
Employer match program for 401(k), eligible for both Traditional and Roth accounts
$1,200 annual wellness reimbursement through JOON that supports health, family care, pet care, fitness, and more!
For local or visiting team members, enjoy access to a state of the art gym at our HQ in Las Vegas
* Benefits eligibility applies only to full-time exempt roles.
ACQ Core Values:
Our core values are the heart and soul of this incredible company. The right person for this role will appreciate each of these values, personally subscribe to them, and understand why each is critical to having a great business.
Competitive Greatness
Be at your best when your best is needed. Enjoyment of a hard challenge. Those who have the drive to constantly improve, the superior intellect and long term commitment to see incremental improvements become compounding returns.
Sincere Candor
Have the self awareness to accurately perceive and communicate hard truths that improve others and self, the courage to do so, and the humility to accept them, even when it hurts. Nothing great can be built without feedback: internally or externally.
Unimpeachable Character
Be the type of person with whom people are always proud to associate, personally and professionally. We look for true alignment of thoughts, words, and actions towards a goal worth pursuing.