Applied AI Scientist (Hybrid)

📍Your Impact Starts Here

We’re looking for an Applied AI Scientist who’s passionate about building intelligent systems that directly impact real-world customers. You’ll work at the intersection of AI, product, and engineering—bringing cutting-edge models into production to power meaningful experiences for small business teams.

This is a unique opportunity to shape how AI transforms team management, from automation to decision-making, in a fast-moving, AI-first company. You’ll collaborate across teams to deliver high-impact solutions and continuously raise the bar on what’s possible with modern AI.

These are the key ways you’ll contribute and create impact in this role

• Drive advancements in LLMs and applied AI systems, rapidly experimenting and iterating in a fast-evolving landscape
• Leverage, fine-tune, and deploy models—owning the lifecycle from experimentation to production, scaling, and monitoring
• Build AI-powered features that solve critical business problems across product domains
• Develop and track metrics that measure real customer impact, ensuring alignment with business outcomes
• Partner cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Data teams to deliver production-ready solutions
• Communicate insights and experiment results clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Support leadership and teams with data-driven decision-making
• Continuously improve workflows using AI tools and automation to increase velocity and impact

🚀 The Foundation for Success - These are the experiences and strengths that will set you up for success in this role:

• Strong foundation in machine learning principles and applied modeling
• Deep experience working with LLMs or frontier AI models (industry or academia)
• Demonstrated ability to productionize ML systems (real-time, batch, or streaming)
• Proficiency in Python and SQL for data manipulation and model development
• Experience evaluating models using both technical metrics and business impact
• Ability to break down complex problems into structured, solvable components
• Strong communication skills and ability to collaborate across functions
• Adaptability and curiosity to evolve alongside rapidly changing AI capabilities
• Experience improving workflows using AI tools and measuring impact (AI fluency expectation)

🤝  The Homie Way - These principles guide everything we do—from how we work and make decisions to how we show up for each other.

• 💡 Be Customer Obsessed – Solve problems with empathy and creativity.
• ⚡ Move Fast, Learn Fast – Experiment, take action, and grow every day.
• 🎯 Own Your Impact – Think big, focus on what matters, and make decisions you stand behind.
• 🏆 Master Your Craft – Excellence fuels impact—show up, step up, and make your mark.
• 🏅 Win Together – Put goals over roles, lead with trust, and connect to our mission and each other.