Lead AI Engineer (NYC)
- Location
- Los Angeles, San Francisco +1
- Workplace
- On-site
- Compensation
- $175k – $300k + equity
- Visa
- Visa Sponsorship Available
About this role
Why join Dioptra – an Icertis Company
At Icertis, we’re on a mission to transform how enterprises do business. We do this by turning contracts from archive documents into the business code that runs enterprise systems. With the recent acquisition of Dioptra, we are doubling down on that vision and bringing the best of breed technology and people to fulfil this mission:
You’ll work directly with Dioptra’s founders in a hyper focused team reporting into the CEO
You’ll work on the best of breed AI agent technology
You'll have significant ownership, influence, and the chance to shape the product
The enterprise legal tech market is at a juncture. The market opportunity is huge. It is up for the taking for those bold enough to go after it.
About this role
We’re building the next generation of contract-intelligence software as a full-stack engineer in the Dioptra team at Icertis. You’ll help bring to market the our vision of a contract operating system for the enterprise.
As one of the early engineers on this newly integrated team, you’ll:
Report to Dioptra former CEO
Collaborate with other engineers, product managers, and designers to architect, develop, and own our user-facing application.
Use your full stack experience to design intelligent solutions that include back-end and front-end systems.
Promote sound engineering practices and drive technical strategy and roadmaps.
Help design and implement measurements of success for the team.
Initiate, influence, and drive technical projects.
You may be a good fit for this role if
You have 4+ years of experience building AI products
Experience working at a startup is a plus
You are comfortable working on challenging problems, in ambiguous, rapidly changing environments
You want to have a large impact on the business as an early member of the team
You are using AI coding tools (cursor / codex) on a daily basis
You have professional experience with the following technologies (must haves): Python, SQL, databases, CI/CD, git, agent frameworks like LangGraph / CrewAI / AutoGen
What happens next
Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.
Confirm the fit
A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.
I pitch you to the company
I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.
A meeting lands on your calendar
When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.
Culture & values
Work directly with company founders in a hyper focused team
Report into the CEO
Have significant ownership and influence in shaping the product
Work on best of breed AI agent technology
Collaborate with some of the largest companies in the world
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