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Acceler8 Talent is hiring: Artificial Intelligence Engineer in New York

Acceler8 Talent, New York, NY, United States


Overview A stealth startup is reinventing how professionals work, starting with one of the most complex, repetitive domains in modern business: accounting . Backed by a fresh $4M seed round and already generating revenue, they’re building an AI teammate that integrates seamlessly into existing workflows, one that can understand documents, automate processes, and remove the manual grind.
They’re now searching for their Founding AI Engineer to design, build, and scale the intelligence layer that powers the product.
What You’ll Do Architect and deploy LLM-powered systems for document understanding and workflow automation
Own the full ML lifecycle: from data curation and fine-tuning to inference optimisation
Collaborate directly with the founders to shape product, set technical direction, and establish the foundation for the AI team
What They’re Looking For Strong background in AI/ML engineering, ideally with LLMs, NLP, or document intelligence
Proven experience shipping production-grade systems in Python
Deep familiarity with modern ML frameworks (PyTorch, HuggingFace, LangChain, or similar)
Bonus: scaling GPU-heavy workloads (CUDA, distributed training/inference)
What’s on Offer $120K–160K base salary + 1–2.5% equity
Founder-level scope and impact without founder-level risk
Top-tier compute, tooling, and freedom to push the boundaries of LLMs and agentic AI
A rare opportunity to define the AI stack that transforms real-world work
If you’re ready to build at the frontier of AI and want ownership from day one—this could be the one.
Seniority level Mid-Senior level
Employment type Full-time
Job function Information Technology
Industries Technology, Information and Media

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In Summary: A stealth startup is reinventing how professionals work, starting with one of the most complex domains in modern business: accounting . Backed by a fresh $4M seed round and already generating revenue, they're building an AI teammate that integrates seamlessly into existing workflows . They’re now searching for their Founding AI Engineer to design, build, and scale the intelligence layer that powers the product .

En Español: Una startup furtiva está reinventando cómo trabajan los profesionales, comenzando con uno de los dominios más complejos y repetitivos en el negocio moderno: la contabilidad. Apoyados por una nueva ronda de semilla de $ 4M y ya generando ingresos, están construyendo un compañero de equipo de IA que se integra perfectamente en los flujos de trabajo existentes, uno que pueda entender documentos, automatizar procesos y eliminar la molienda manual. Ahora buscan a su ingeniero fundador de AI para diseñar, construir y escalar la capa de inteligencia que alimenta el producto. Lo que usted hará Arquitecto e implementar sistemas basados en LLM para comprender documentos y automatización del flujo de trabajo Poseer todo el ciclo de vida de ML: desde curatividad de datos y perfeccionamiento hasta optimización de inferencias Colaborar directamente con los fundadores para dar forma al producto, establecer direcciones técnicas y establecer las bases para el equipo de AI Lo que está buscando LLMS Los dueños podrían tener una oportunidad avanzada en ingeniería de información, idealmente con fronteras de producción, NLP o documentación Oferta experiencia familiar en los sistemas de trabajo de alto nivel (PYTONS) La tecnología de la Inteligencia Artificial (AI).