Senior AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Why Blee:
Blee is an AI-first marketing content compliance platform. PayPal NerdWallet and Brex already trust us. Were YC-backed founded by an ex-Adobe marketing ops leader and former lawyer and were defining a category that didnt exist two years agoacross Fintech Financial Services CPG Travel and Life Sciences..
With offices in San Francisco and New York we value in-person work but offer remote-opportunities for the right people. No matter where you join us you can expect quarterly off-sites and opportunities to join other offices when you feel its important. Youll be joining a team that values clarity ownership and shared responsibilityand is focused on building something that genuinely improves how teams work.
The Role
This is an AI Engineer role specializing in agent system design for someone who wants to architect and implement the next generation of intelligent compliance systems. You will design frameworks where multiple agentspowered by custom and foundational modelswork together to surface track and explain compliance flags. You will also build and optimize applied AI/ML pipelines work across model fine-tuning prompt engineering evaluation frameworks and customer-specific AI configurations and train models based on user feedback to provide more targeted compliance recommendations.
What Youll Do
Architect multi-agent systems Design and implement frameworks that integrate foundational LLMs and custom-trained models to power intelligent compliance workflows
Build and optimize AI/ML pipelines Model fine-tuning prompt engineering and evaluation frameworks
Ensure explainability and traceability Build mechanisms for transparent flagging ensuring every compliance flag is traceable to prior rules examples or data assets
Automate compliance rule translation Build systems that transform compliance rules into agent-ready logic paths
Design train and fine-tune models Improve compliance accuracy and adaptability using user feedback and outcomes data to drive iterative training and personalization
Design model evaluation and monitoring infrastructure Ensure reliability and auditability across customer deployments
Collaborate cross-functionally Work with Product Engineers to integrate AI features via APIs data pipelines and frontend; partner with model training engineers to incorporate feedback loops into system design; collaborate with compliance users to translate complex rules into agent workflows
Stay current on AI/ML advances Prototype and apply new techniques to our platform
Who You Are
Deeply technical and hands-on you love building production ML systems not just prototyping
Customer-outcome oriented you care about how your models perform in the real world not just on benchmarks
A fast learner who thrives at the intersection of AI and domain-specific problems especially compliance and governance
Strong collaborator who can work across engineering product compliance and customer-facing teams
Proactive and curious; you stay ahead of the rapidly evolving AI landscape
Excited to work in a high-trust high-autonomy environment where your work directly impacts customers
Who Youll Work With
You will work closely with Blees AI and engineering leadership collaborating daily with product engineers and implementation managers.
Requirements
5 years of applied ML/AI engineering experience
Strong knowledge of agent-based architectures and orchestration frameworks
Strong Python; proficiency with modern software engineering practices (APIs microservices distributed systems)
ML frameworks (PyTorch TensorFlow Hugging Face)
LLM experience: fine-tuning prompt engineering RAG evaluation
Background in data preprocessing feature engineering and training pipelines
Production ML: model serving monitoring A/B testing data pipelines
Strong communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally
Based in the Bay Area or NY & willing to come into the office 3 days a week
How We Work:
We have offices in New York and San Francisco and value in-person collaboration but were open to remote for the right person. Wherever youre based expect bi-annual off-sites and the chance to spend time in our other offices when it matters.
What Youll Get:
Competitive salary and equity package
Bi-annual get-togethers
Fully paid medical dental and vision insurance
Free access to OneMedical (US Only)
Company-paid life insurance (US Only)
Company-sponsored 401k matching (US Only)
Flexible time off (with mandatory 15 days off)
Financial support for work-adjacent learning opportunities
Blee is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race gender sexual orientation gender identity/expression national origin disability age genetic information veteran status marital status pregnancy or related condition or any other basis protected by law.
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Required Experience:
Senior IC