Principal Applied AI Scientist

Kai Cyber

  • San Jose, California
  • 8 days ago

    Highlights

    This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who canoperateacross the full stack of modern AI — from research and modeling to production systems and productization — while leading teams and defining technical direction. You will work at the intersection of LLMs, agentic systems, retrieval architectures, and large-scale AI platforms, building systems that move beyond prototypes into robust, production-grade intelligence systems.

    Numbers & Facts

    LocationSan Jose, California

    Description

    We are looking for a Principal Applied AI Scientist to lead the design and deployment ofcutting-edgeGenerative AI and LLM-powered systems for real-world, high-impact applications. 

    This is a senior, hands-on leadership role for someone who canoperateacross the full stack of modern AI — from research and modeling to production systems and productization — while leading teams and defining technical direction. 

    You will work at the intersection of LLMs, agentic systems, retrieval architectures, and large-scale AI platforms, building systems that move beyond prototypes into robust, production-grade intelligence systems. 

    WhatYou’llDo

    • Lead the end-to-end design and development of large-scale AI/ML and Generative AI systems  
    • Architect and deploy LLM-powered applications, including RAG pipelines and multi-agent systems  
    • Drive the technical vision and roadmap for applied AI across the company  
    • Build and lead a high-performing team of scientists and engineers  
    • Design scalable retrieval and embedding systems powering intelligent applications  
    • Develop agentic AI systems with tool use, memory, and reasoning capabilities  
    • Own model lifecycle: data curation training/fine-tuning evaluation deployment monitoring  
    • Partner with product, engineering, and executive leadership to translate business problems into AI solutions  

    Required Qualifications

    • 7+ years of experience in Applied AI / Machine Learning / Generative AI  
    • Proven experience building and deploying production-grade AI systems at scale  
    • Demonstrated leadership managing large cross-functional teams  
    • Strong experience engaging with executives and product stakeholders 
    • Deepexpertisein LLMs, RAG, and agentic AI systems at scale  
    • Strong systemdesign skills across data, models, and infrastructure  
    • Ability to move from research ideas production systems business impact  
    • Strong ownership mindset with the ability tooperatein fast-moving startup environments  
    • Experience with multi-agent orchestration frameworks and tool ecosystems  

    PreferredQualifications

    • Experience applying AI in cybersecurity, enterprise SaaS, or data-intensive domains  
    • Background in search or large-scale retrieval systems  

    Core Technical Expertise

    • Large Language Models & GenAI 
    • RAG, Retrieval & Vector Systems 
    • Fine-Tuning & Model Adaptation 
    • Agentic AI Systems 
    • Prompt Engineering & Optimization 
    • Evaluation & Quality 
    • Inference & Serving 
    • Data Engineering & Synthetic Data 
    • Multimodal AI 
    • LLMOps& Observability 
    • Platforms & Infrastructure 

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