daydream · 16 hours ago
AI Engineer
San Francisco Bay Area
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
$180K/yr - $220K/yrdaydream is building the world’s best SEO agent, paired with the top 1% of human experts. As an Applied AI Engineer, you will help build the core intelligence behind the SEO agent, working on systems that translate expert SEO judgment into production-grade AI workflows.
ContentInformation TechnologyMarketingSaaSSearch EngineSoftware
Responsibilities
Design, build, and operate LLM-driven systems that prioritize and drive SEO work
Encode human expertise into structured, repeatable AI workflows
Architect and optimize complex LLM pipelines for accuracy, reliability, and cost
Build evaluation frameworks that measure quality and real-world performance
Collaborate closely with engineers, designers, and Growth Leads to integrate AI into execution
Ship quickly, then iterate based on feedback from production usage
Work primarily across LLM-driven systems, data pipelines, and AI-enabled services, using Python, TypeScript, and C#, deployed on Google Cloud with modern foundation models
Qualification
Required
Strong experience building production AI or machine learning systems
Hands-on experience working with LLMs beyond basic API usage
Solid understanding of NLP concepts such as embeddings, retrieval, and generation
Experience owning systems end-to-end, including design, implementation, and iteration
Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and making sound technical tradeoffs
Preferred
Deep expertise in NLP or applied machine learning
Strong mental models of transformer-based architectures and modern language models
Experience designing evaluation methodologies for AI systems
Familiarity with probabilistic modeling, algorithms, or statistical inference
Experience translating domain expertise into scalable software systems
A high bar for correctness, reliability, and operational quality
Benefits
Health coverage includes medical, dental, and vision with HSA and FSA options, plus One Medical, Talkspace, and Teladoc
Commuter benefit includes a monthly reimbursement to support your commute to the office
Meals on us include lunch reimbursement on in-office days, with dinner covered when you're working late
Personal well-being includes an annual stipend for gym, fitness classes, therapy, and wellness expenses
Learning and development includes an annual stipend for books, courses, and classes to support your growth
Team retreats include two company retreats per year to connect, collaborate, and reset
Monthly team time includes regular dinners and outings to spend time together
Dog-friendly office (we have corgis)
Company
daydream
daydream builds your organic growth engine for the AI Search era.
Founded in 2023
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2024 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$6.22M2024-05-20Seed· $6.22M
Leadership Team
Thenuka Karunaratne
CEO and Co-Founder
Shravan Rajinikanth
CTO & Co-Founder
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