AI Engineer (Staff/Principal) New York
About The Position
Fifth Dimension is seeking an AI Engineer (Staff/Principal) to join their team in New York. This role involves applying AI to solve real business problems in document-heavy industries, specifically focusing on real estate. The company is a well-funded London and New York-based startup with a mission to automate complex tasks, extract insights from documents, and empower professionals. The AI workspace transforms how large investment managers and developers handle leases, development documents, and investment decisions. The company values experimentation, continuous improvement, and a culture of innovation, driven by principles like 'Own It, Ship It, and Don't Be Boring'. The role offers the opportunity to architect and implement innovative AI technology, design scalable AI solutions, and own the complete lifecycle of core product capabilities.
Requirements
- Expert software engineer with experience applying AI to solve real business problems.
- Exceptional engineering and architectural skills.
- Proficiency with AI coding assistance tools like Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot.
- Ability to understand problems deeply and dive into complex documents and intricate code.
- Thrives in fast-paced environments, adapts quickly, and mentors other engineers.
- Effective collaboration with commercial teams and customers.
- Passionate about personal growth and sees complex problems as opportunities to expand capabilities.
- Experience in high-growth startups or fast-paced tech environments.
- Track record building software in organizations with excellent engineering practices.
- History of owning end-to-end product development, from definition to delivery and customer adoption.
- Strong Python skills with a track record of shipping customer-facing features on critical paths.
- Experience building and maintaining high-quality APIs and integrations.
- Intellectual curiosity and honesty—digging deep into problems and sharing findings openly.
- Proven ability to make technical decisions that balance immediate user needs with long-term architecture.
- Exceptional communication abilities for explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences.
- Ambition and resilience.
- Commercial awareness—delivering continuous value to customers is essential.
- Passion for personal growth and continuous learning.
Nice To Haves
- Past experience in real estate, law, or finance.
- Background with robust software testing and deployment practices.
- Experience with component-based system design and microservices.
- Contributions to open-source projects or broader technical communities.
Responsibilities
- Architect and implement innovative AI technology to meet enterprise customers' unique needs.
- Design scalable AI solutions that deliver tangible value and expand the capabilities of the generative AI platform.
- Own the complete lifecycle of core product capabilities from initial customer conversations through architecture, implementation, deployment, and customer adoption.
- Think like a Product Manager+: Own core product components while balancing technical excellence with business impact.
- Own end-to-end delivery of complex features from initial concept to production deployment and customer adoption.
- Collaborate with product and commercial teams to understand customer needs and translate them into robust technical solutions.
- Leverage AI coding tools like Claude Code to accelerate development workflows.
- Lead development of features solving customers' most complex challenges: Advanced data extraction systems for processing property leases at scale, Sophisticated workflow automation for analyzing planning documents and drafting advice, Multi-step agentic content generation for creating market research reports.
- Implement data privacy and security by design.
- Stay ahead of relevant research and technologies.
- Mentor other engineers and help establish engineering best practices.
- Invest in your own growth by taking on ambitious technical challenges and expanding your expertise.
- Apply engineering philosophy: intellectual honesty, effective time management, clear communication, and innovation.
Benefits
- Tailored support for life's challenges (IVF, gender-affirming care, ADHD diagnosis, and more).
- Meaningful parental leave.
- $100,000-300,000 salary per annum + meaningful equity (on a standard vesting schedule).
- Other strong employment benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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