AI Engineer
Los Altos
USA
$190,000/year
Permanent
Articificial Intelligence
About the Company:
We are a creative AI startup building interactive experiences where players, creators, and machines co-create. Our mission is to redefine digital storytelling, gameplay, and creative tooling by blending generative AI with rich, intuitive user interfaces. We’re a team of engineers, designers, and storytellers crafting real-time, adaptive systems powered by state-of-the-art machine learning models.
The Role:
We’re looking for a forward-thinking AI Engineer to help shape the core intelligence behind our platform. You’ll work on generative models that fuel interactive storytelling, character behaviors, and visual world-building. If you love blending deep learning with user-facing systems-and want to push boundaries in gaming, art, and narrative-this is for you.
Key Responsibilities:
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Build and fine-tune generative models (LLMs, diffusion models, etc.) for use in real-time interactive applications.
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Develop pipelines for integrating text, image, and behavioral AI into a seamless user experience.
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Collaborate with frontend and game engineers to create intelligent systems that respond fluidly to player input.
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Experiment with prompt engineering, RLHF, and multimodal model orchestration.
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Contribute to research, prototyping, and productionizing AI features that enhance creativity and interactivity.
What You Bring:
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3+ years of experience in machine learning or AI engineering (ideally with generative models).
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Proficiency in Python and ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face).
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Experience working with LLMs (e.g., GPT-4, Claude), diffusion models (e.g., Stable Diffusion), or transformers.
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Strong understanding of model inference, fine-tuning, and data pipelines.
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A creative mindset and passion for interactive media, games, or creative tech.
Bonus Points:
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Experience building or deploying real-time AI systems for games, art, or live applications.
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Familiarity with reinforcement learning, memory architectures, or agent-based systems.
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Knowledge of prompt chaining, semantic search, or vector databases (e.g., Weaviate, Pinecone).
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Background in NLP, computer vision, or multimodal model integration.
Why Join Us?
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Help shape the future of how humans create and play with AI.
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Work on experimental, ambitious products at the intersection of gaming, art, and machine intelligence.
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Remote-first culture with high autonomy and deep collaboration
Darwin Recruitment is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
George Wiles

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