Senior Applied AI Engineer

About the role

Brandlight is seeking a Senior Applied AI Engineer to lead the design, development, and production of AI capabilities that power brand intelligence, market research, and performance marketing for Fortune 500 clients.

Key responsibilities

• Own AI capabilities end‑to‑end, from problem definition and research to production deployment and continuous improvement.
• Develop and maintain core algorithms, production‑grade AI agents, reusable modules, data pipelines and services with automated tests and robust deployment practices.
• Monitor system behavior in production, investigate failures and continuously improve accuracy, reliability, latency and cost.
• Drive technical decisions, balance statistical methods, classical ML and LLM‑based systems, and mentor teammates.

Required profile

• MSc or PhD in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics or related field.
• 5+ years in data science or applied machine learning and 2+ years in ML or software engineering with responsibility for production systems.
• Proven ownership of AI products from concept to customer‑facing deployment.
• Strong product judgment, ability to define milestones, prioritize experiments and communicate trade‑offs.

Required skills

• Python, SQL, Typescript
• Machine learning, statistics, experimental design, NLP, embeddings, clustering
• LLM‑powered applications or AI agents (tool calling, structured outputs, context management)
• Cloud deployment, containerization, CI/CD pipelines, logging, monitoring, debugging