Applied AI Engineer
Hybrid (New York, NY)$150k - $200kFull-timePosted 1mo ago
About the role
Kaizen builds AI-native tools to automate and optimize government-facing software. The role focuses on owning internal tools, building AI-powered internal systems, enabling AI across the company, and supporting deployment and analytics.
Responsibilities
- Own internal tools end to end, from problem sourcing to architecture, build, rollout, and ongoing fixes.
- Build AI powered internal systems (e.g., document parsing, agentic workflows, automated research and routing, time-saving tooling).
- Collaborate with leads across Proposals, Customer Ops, Sales, Design, and Engineering to translate needs into deliverables.
- Drive AI enablement across the company, ensuring every employee can leverage AI tools.
- Support the external analytics layer inside Kaizen's platform to provide actionable data to customers.
- Back up the deployment team during implementations.
Qualifications
- 2 to 5 years of engineering, data, or applied AI experience, or equivalent relevant work.
- A complete end-to-end project that is used by a team today (internal app, automation, or tool).
- Genuine fluency with AI tools, shipped solutions with them and awareness of limitations.
- Strong SQL and data modeling skills to work in an existing warehouse and ship models when needed.
- Ability to elicit vague problems from non-technical stakeholders and deliver the right scope.
- Low ego, high output; willingness to perform unglamorous rollout work.
Skills
Required:Internal tool developmentAI tooling and deploymentSQL and data modeling
Benefits
- 100% medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents (Oxford/United, Guardian, Beam).
- $100,000 life insurance; FSA and Dependent Care FSA.
- One Medical membership; fertility and family-building support (Carrot).
- 401(k) with 2% company match.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Kaizen Labs
Modern, people-first software for America’s public services
Kaizen Labs helps city administrators transform resident experiences with simple digital products like websites, resident permitting, and recreation management.
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