AI Engineer - Core at Hilbert's AI

About Hilbert's AI

Hilbert develops a reasoning engine for navigating non-deterministic user behavior across data silos, transforming lengthy decision cycles into minutes through a fully agentic demand intelligence platform. The company serves Fortune 500 enterprises and brands like FreshDirect and Levain Bakery.

The role requires building production-grade AI systems end-to-end, from experimentation through deployment.

Key Responsibilities:

Design and maintain AI-driven features serving enterprise customers

Architect agent workflows using orchestration frameworks

Own systems from experimentation to production deployment

Build and improve evaluation pipelines for AI performance

Collaborate cross-functionally with founding team and product/GTM partners

Make engineering decisions under ambiguity; ship, learn, iterate

Shape technical direction as the company scales

Core Technical Challenges:

Intelligent retrieval combining RAG, graph-based approaches, and unified strategies

Robust agentic workflows handling edge cases and escalation

Systematic evaluation frameworks predicting real-world performance

Agent-driven execution with human-in-the-loop safeguards

Required Qualifications:

Strong software engineering fundamentals (clean, testable, production-ready code)

Hands-on experience with LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent agent frameworks

Clear technical communication with both technical and non-technical stakeholders

Ownership mindset; proactive problem-solving

Comfort with ambiguity in evolving AI products

Startup-speed execution and responsiveness

Strong Pluses:

Evaluation pipeline design experience

Backend engineering (APIs, services, infrastructure)

RAG, vector databases, or LLM-powered systems

Early-stage startup experience

Compensation: Competitive salary + equity package, commensurate with experience. Performance-based bonuses tied to project milestones and customer impact.