AI Engineer

Full-time Job Type
Hybrid Work Arrangement
Senior-Level Experience
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Hybrid role in Chicago, Illinois for a senior-level AI Engineer at Pulsora, a Silicon Valley startup focused on sustainability platforms. The position involves developing AI/ML solutions, particularly with Large Language Models and generative AI, to enhance enterprise sustainability management.

Skills / Requirements

  • Agentic Workflows
  • AI Copilot
  • Backend Development
  • Code Quality
  • Collaboration
  • Embeddings
  • Frontend Development
  • Java
  • LangChain
  • LangGraph
  • LLM Fine Tuning
  • LLM Integration
  • Problem Solving
  • Prompt Engineering
  • Python
  • RAG Pipelines
  • React
  • REST APIs
  • Vector databases
  • Vibe Coding

Why Apply

This role is ideal for those skilled in using AI tools like GitHub Copilot for code generation and optimization. You'll work with advanced frameworks such as LangChain and LangGraph to create sophisticated agentic workflows and RAG systems.

What You'll Be Doing

You'll design and deploy applications using LLMs, build agentic workflows, and optimize RAG pipelines. The role involves full-stack development, integrating AI functionalities using Python and Java, and collaborating with a global team, partially during US hours.

Working in Chicago, Illinois

  • Chicago offers a robust tech job market with many opportunities in AI and software development.
  • Public transit in Chicago is extensive, making commuting to the office manageable.
  • The city has a vibrant cultural scene, providing plenty of activities outside of work.
  • Chicago's cost of living is relatively moderate compared to other major tech hubs like San Francisco or New York.

Pay and Career Growth

Pulsora offers a compensation package that includes salary, equity, and benefits, reflecting their well-funded status. The company promotes a high-ownership culture and provides opportunities to work on impactful projects in sustainability. The role offers significant autonomy and the chance to work with cutting-edge AI technologies.

Benefits and Perks

  • Autonomy
  • benefits
  • Cutting-edge technology
  • Equity
  • High ownership
  • Hybrid work
  • positive impact
  • salary

Is This Role Right for You?

Good fit if you...

  • Experienced in using AI tools for code generation and optimization.
  • Proficient in Python and familiar with integrating AI functionalities using Java.
  • Comfortable with hybrid work and partially working US hours.

May not be for you if...

  • Lacks experience with Large Language Models and generative AI.
  • Uncomfortable working in a fast-paced, execution-focused culture.
  • Prefers traditional work structures with less autonomy.

Original Job Description

Founded in 2021, Pulsora the “Enterprise Sustainability Platform”, is a well-funded Silicon Valley software startup.  It is dedicated to empowering purpose-driven enterprises to manage and improve their environmental, social, and governance (ESG) and overall sustainability footprint with an integrated, comprehensive, flexible, and innovative technology platform built for compliance, tracking, and insight. We are well funded, have amazing customers across industries and geographies, established strategic partnerships with leading ERP and consulting firms, and are growing fast! 
About the job
We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced AI/ML Developer to join our team. The ideal candidate will be a specialist in the rapidly evolving field of Large Language Models (LLMs) and generative AI, with a strong background in developing, integrating, and optimizing complex agentic and RAG-based systems.

What you will do

LLM Integration & Development: Design, develop, and deploy production-grade applications leveraging various LLMs, context optimization, etc.

Agentic Workflows: Architect and implement sophisticated, multi-step and multi-agent workflows using frameworks like LangChain and LangGraph.

Retrieval Augmented Generation (RAG): Build and optimize RAG pipelines, including implementing and managing embeddings, vector databases, and advanced rerankers to enhance response quality and relevance.

Vibe Coding: Use code generation applications (e.g. Replit, Cursor, Google AI Studio, Git Hub Copilot in Agent mode, etc.) to create full applications (including frontend and backend), generate tests, perform testing and integrate them in the core product without writing any code.

LLM Fine Tuning: Lead efforts in LLM fine-tuning (e.g., LoRA, QLoRA) for specific domain knowledge and tasks, and implement strategies for and efficiency.

Prompt Engineering: Develop and refine advanced prompt engineering techniques to maximize model performance, consistency, and safety.

Full-Stack Development: Own end-to-end implementation from frontend to the backend.

Java (Plus): Expose AI/LLM functionality written in Python using Java services, leverage multi-threading capabilities in Java to augment AI/LLM functionality developed in Python

Code Quality & Productivity: Utilize AI-powered development tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot, etc.) to efficiently generate, refactor, and optimize high-quality code.

Collaboration: Work closely with team leads managers, QA, product managers and team in the US (this will require the willingness to partially work US working hours)
About you

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or similar Engineering field, advanced degree is a plus

5+ years of professional experience in software development, with a minimum of 2 years focused on AI/ML development, particularly with LLMs

Strong proficiency in Python and its relevant data science libraries (e.g., Pandas, NumPy, Scikit-learn)

Proven experience integrating and working with major LLM APIs – both public and private/local, e.g., Gemini, OpenAI, Anthropic, Llama, Ollama, etc., including hands-on experience using techniques for LLM efficiency

At least 1 year of deep practical experience with LangChain and LangGraph for building complex LLM applications and agentic workflows using autonomous agents, tools, memory management, parallelization, etc.

Solid understanding and implementation experience with RAG architectures, vector DBs, vector search, embeddings, and reranking mechanisms

Experience leveraging AI Copilot or similar generative AI coding tools for accelerated development, code generation, refactoring, optimization, and vibe coding to create integrated backend and frontend applications

Experience creating UI using React and integrating the UI with the backend using REST APIs is a big plus

Hands-on experience with Java, especially integrating Java modules with Python modules is a nice to have, but not necessary

A little more about how you like to work

Strong collaboration across a small team, including great communication with both onshore and offshore departments and translating vague requirements into actionable systems.

Self-motivated and proactive—you create momentum without needing direction

A strong problem solver who can navigate ambiguity

A builder who cares about shipping real, working products

Comfortable with ownership, accountability, and high expectations

Thrives outside of traditional work structures

You own the quality of the product you build
Why this role?

High ownership and autonomy

Opportunity to build products end-to-end using AI-first workflows

Work at the cutting edge of AI-driven software development

Work with multiple leading-edge technologies

Fast-moving, execution-focused culture
Why work at Pulsora?
We believe that progress happens by bringing together people from all walks of life who have the drive and the influence to improve our world now and for the next generations!

Ideally have industry and market knowledge of ESG and sustainability

The company will pay with salary, equity, and benefits

You’ll get to work on problems that are hard and important

You get to work on a solution that helps the planet and helps us all

You’ll be joining an extraordinary team at the beginning of an extraordinary journey

Hybrid-friendly work environment, in office 2-3 times per week (for those in New York, San Francisco Bay Area, and Munich)

Pulsora Core Values

Compassionate candor

Transparency

Embrace diversity and cultivate belonging

Make a positive impact

Delight customers
Join us and become a driver for positive change!