Associate AI Engineer

Core VC • Los Angeles, CA

28d • Hybrid

About The Position

You'll work 1:1 with Core's Head of AI to design, build, and run experiments across sourcing, research, and our data platform. You won't be handed a backlog of tickets. You'll have a real say in what we build, what we test, and what we learn from it. Your job is to build software that helps us find those founders earlier, understand them better, make better investment decisions, and support them better once we've invested. We're a small firm that punches above its weight, and software is a big part of how. Venture capital seeds the future, but still operates mostly the way it did 50 years ago. Every day, thousands of companies, founders, markets, and relationships change. Our raw material is messy and varied: pitch decks, meeting notes, call recordings, CRM history, company and hiring data. Our job is to turn that mess into good decisions. AI changes what's possible here, and we're early in figuring out how.

Requirements

• 0 to 3 years of experience. New grads, researchers, and self-taught builders welcome.
• Experience building, experimenting with, or researching AI/ML
• Solid grasp of modern AI systems: LLMs, agent harnesses, agents, retrieval, and how to evaluate them
• Taste in picking problems: you can look at a pile of messy data and find the direction worth pursuing
• High bias toward action
• Comfort in ambiguous environments where the answer isn't obvious
• Willingness to do the boring work. Models and agents are only useful when the underlying systems and data work.
• A GitHub history that shows curiosity and interesting technical projects
• You use Claude Code, Codex, etc. as leverage, not as a substitute for thinking
• In office in Santa Monica 3 days a week

Nice To Haves

• Expertise in Cloud infrastructure (AWS)
• Expertise in Database modeling
• Expertise in Data Engineering
• Expertise in Venture capital

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and run experiments across sourcing, research, and our data platform.
• Build software that helps find founders earlier, understand them better, make better investment decisions, and support them better once invested.
• Ship quickly and experiment aggressively.
• Separate ego from work, kill bad ideas quickly, and double down when something works.
• Engage in paired programming.
• Take significant ownership of projects and contribute directly to the strategic direction of the firm.

Benefits

• Impact: Be a foundational engineer building for the future of Venture Capital while contributing to our mission of creating $1T in net worth for the mass market
• Growth: Work in a dynamic, intellectually stimulating environment with ample opportunities for professional development and learning
• Ownership: Take significant ownership of projects and contribute directly to the strategic direction of the firm.
• Culture: Join a collaborative, supportive team passionate about tech innovation and backed by a proven track record of success

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed