Parasail.ai

Senior AI Engineer

Parasail.ai

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: San Mateo • California • United States

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Job Level

Senior

Tech Stack

CloudJavaScriptPythonTypeScript

About the role

  • Rapidly prototype AI-powered workflows and tools, incorporating LLMs, embeddings, real-time audio/voice, API integrations, and prompt engineering
  • Lead experimental build cycles from hypothesis to working proof-of-concept to actionable insights
  • Collaborate closely with product and engineering to translate prototypes into viable product features
  • Ensure alignment with platform architecture; seek guidance before integrating prototypes into production systems
  • Navigate open-ended engineering problems with creative, experimental solutions
  • Share learnings and code artifacts to accelerate team-wide innovation

Requirements

  • Proficiency in Python and/or JavaScript/TypeScript and ability to quickly learn new tools and frameworks
  • Hands-on experience with AI systems including LLMs, API-based embeddings, vector DBs, and real-time pipelines (e.g., audio/STT-TTS)
  • A bias toward action—you build, ship, iterate, and learn
  • Demonstrated creativity: thinking in prototypes, not decks
  • Strong communication and collaboration skills, particularly in technical cross-functional settings
  • Past experience in startups, innovation labs, or “zero-to-one” product environments
  • Familiarity working on AI infrastructure or backend systems, such as LLM pipelines, APIs, cloud-native services, and container orchestration
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity and working across teams with minimal direction
  • Experience contributing to open-source projects or public-facing engineering work
Benefits
  • Direct mentorship and visibility with our CEO, who is heavily involved in product and technical strategy
  • Real ownership over high-leverage projects that shape product direction and customer experience
  • A culture that marries engineering rigor with experimental agility
  • The opportunity to influence the AI compute infrastructure shaping next-generation workloads
  • Competitive compensation with meaningful equity, benefits, and a high-trust work environment
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
PythonJavaScriptTypeScriptAI systemsLLMsAPI-based embeddingsvector DBsreal-time pipelinesSTTTTS
Soft Skills
creativitycommunicationcollaborationbias toward actionnavigating ambiguityproblem-solvinginnovationteamworkadaptabilityleadership