Applied AI Engineer
ZapierUnited States • • Baltimore, Maryland, United States • • Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States
Posted January 23, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Zapier is a fast-growing, profitable, impact-driven company that builds automation tools to make work more efficient, creative, and human.
Job Description
We're hiring an Applied AI Engineer to help build the future of automation with AI at its core. You'll work on integrating large language models into software products, building tooling and infrastructure for AI products, and collaborating with cross-functional teams.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in software engineering
- 3+ years of experience building distributed, scalable cloud-based web applications
- Strong communication skills
- Problem-solving abilities
- Drive to deliver outstanding customer experiences
- Experience with large language models (LLMs)
- Experimentation with user-facing LLMs
- Familiarity with transformer networks and attention mechanisms
- Experience with Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems
- Cloud infrastructure technologies
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- Stock options
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Flexible PTO
- 401(k) matching
