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Tykhe Inc

Founding AI Engineer

Tykhe Inc, San Francisco

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Would you be interested working for a fast-growing startup financial company in San Francisco, CA as a "Founding AI Engineer" helping them to build the AI computing platform.


An ideal candidate has deep expertise in modern AI technologies, including multi-modal Large Language Models (LLMs), Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures, and AI agents.


Responsibilities:

  • AI Roadmap Development: Develop and execute an AI roadmap that leverages the latest advancements in multi-modal and finance specific models.
  • End-to-End Feature Delivery: Implement end-to-end AI feature delivery—from technical design and development to testing, deployment, documentation, and maintenance.
  • RAG Pipeline Optimization: Optimize our RAG pipeline and hybrid search systems for financial knowledge retrieval.
  • AI Agent Development: Build and manage autonomous AI agents for financial analysis and portfolio management.


Qualifications:

  • Degree in Computer Science, AI/ML, or a related field.
  • At least 3 years of hands-on experience with software engineering and at least one year specifically with modern LLMs (e.g., Claude, GPT-4, Llama 3) OR 3+ years working more generally in AI/ML.
  • Deep understanding of RAG architectures and experience optimizing retrieval pipelines.
  • Experience with multi-modal AI systems (text, numerical data, and structured documents).
  • Expertise in modern prompting techniques (e.g., Tree of Thoughts, Constitutional AI, Agent protocols).
  • Experience building and orchestrating AI agents, particularly with tools like LangChain, AutoGen, or CrewAI.
  • Strong background in function calling and tool use with LLMs.
  • Ability to design and implement robust evaluation frameworks for generative AI systems.
  • Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages.