Applied AI Engineer

Delve

11-50

United States

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Location

San Francisco United States

Salary

(Yearly)

Undisclosed

Applied AI Engineer (In-Person, San Francisco)

About Us

Delve is building an AI-native platform that transforms compliance from tedious, manual work into effortless, automated workflows.

We’re the fastest growing compliance company on the market. Delve helps 100s of companies save 100s of hours (e.g. Lovable, 11x, WisprFlow) by eliminating compliance busywork and helping them focus on what matters — securely supporting their customers.

Our team is a tight-knit group of builders—former founders, operators, and engineers—obsessed with solving real problems for real customers. We come from Stanford, MIT, Berkeley, OpenAI, and international olympiads. Backed by Insight Partners, General Catalyst, Y Combinator, and top-tier investors, we just raised our 32M Series A and are scaling quickly!

One step at a time, we’re on a mission to eliminate busywork for humanity.

Role Overview

As an Applied AI Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in bringing the latest AI research into production. In this role, your focus will be on turning state-of-the-art techniques into tangible products. You’ll collaborate closely with product engineers to design, implement, and deploy AI-driven features end-to-end. This is a high-impact role where you’ll own projects from idea to production, and your contributions will directly shape our product and technical trajectory.

You will collaborate with a world-class team of engineers with research background to build innovative, scalable systems. As part of our fast-paced startup, you’ll have the opportunity to influence technical direction, contribute ideas across the stack, and rapidly grow into taking more leadership as we scale. We value first-principles thinking and a get-things-done attitude – you will have broad autonomy to experiment and iterate in pursuit of the best solutions.

What you will do

Drive AI Innovation: Research, prototype, and build cutting-edge product, and customer facing AI Systems, pushing the state-of-the-art to solve our core technical challenges.
End-to-End Development: Design, implement, and deploy AI pipelines and systems—from evaluation design and benchmarking through product integration—ensuring high performance, reliable production observability, and end-to-end safety and transparency.
Collaborate & Iterate: Collaborate with backend engineers and product engineers to turn cutting-edge ideas into production-ready solutions—rapidly iterating on experiment data and user feedback, and applying a rigorous scientific approach to refine models and algorithms.
Technical Leadership: Contribute to technical decision-making and architectural discussions for AI components. Uphold high engineering standards and share best practices in code reviews and design discussions.
Continuous Learning: Stay up-to-date with the latest research and developments in AI. Evaluate new approaches or tools, and drive their adoption when they can advance our capabilities.

What we are looking for

Strong AI Fundamentals: Deep understanding of Test Time Compute Techniques, Deep Learning Frameworks, Unsupervised Scaling Methods, and Autonomous Data Collection Methods.
Proven Technical Excellence: Demonstrated ability to build and deploy AI solutions. This could be anything ether industry experience or exceptional project/research work (publications, open-source contributions, competition wins, etc.) – we care about quality of experience over quantity.
Programming Skills: Preferably extensive Python experience.
Problem-Solving & Math: Outstanding problem-solving skills, with a creative and analytical mindset. Strong foundation in mathematics (linear algebra, calculus, probability) and comfort with reading research papers when needed.
Communication & Collaboration: Excellent communication skills. You can clearly articulate complex technical concepts to team members and actively listen and incorporate feedback. You work well in a team, value open discussion, and thrive in a fast-moving, meritocratic environment where everyone is encouraged to voice ideas and concerns.

Why In-Person SF Matters

You’ll work shoulder-to-shoulder with an exceptional team:
- Ex-Stanford, MIT, and Berkeley engineers with dozens of papers
- International Olympiad winners and medalists
- Ex-OpenAI engineers with 10+ years of domain expertise for mentorship
- Ex-Google Deepmind engineers
- Former founders who’ve closed $500k in revenue at 19 and hired 40+ people
Decisions happen live, not in backlogged async threads
A players work with A players. There’s a buzzing energy in the office. Hit the whiteboard with anyone here and you’ll understand why.

Why Join Us

Impact & Ownership: As an early employee, you’ll have a massive impact on our product and culture. You will own significant projects from day one and see your work directly affect the company’s success.
Learning & Growth: Work alongside some of the brightest minds in AI and software engineering. Our team’s pedigree and our culture of continuous improvement will accelerate your personal and professional growth. We challenge each other to grow every day and support learning in areas you’re passionate about.
Meritocratic Culture: We reward results and initiative. Hard work and innovation are recognized – high performers can expect rapid advancement in responsibility and role. You’ll have the chance to shape your role and even define new ones as the company scales.
Competitive Compensation: We offer a compelling salary, meaningful equity, and benefits. You’ll share in the upside of the company’s success.
Cutting-Edge Work: You’ll be tackling unsolved problems and using the latest techniques in AI. If you love building bold, novel solutions instead of following the status quo, you’ll fit right in.
Mission-Driven Team: Join a team that is passionate, driven, and believes in the positive impact of technology. We’re in this to build something that matters.