Junior AI Engineer

About the Role

As a Junior AI Engineer at Ajaia, you will build and ship AI-enabled software across client engagements and internal products, working alongside senior engineers who will review your work and help you grow. You will take clearly scoped tasks, ask good questions, and deliver working code across web interfaces, backend services, LLM integrations, and AI-driven workflows. Over time, you will take on larger pieces of work with less guidance. This is an individual contributor role for an early-career engineer who learns fast, cares about quality, and wants real production experience in applied AI. Every role at Ajaia is AI-forward. We expect engineers to use AI tools in daily workflows across research, implementation, debugging, testing, and documentation. AI usage is a core execution capability, not optional tooling.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and fix frontend and backend features for AI-enabled applications, under the guidance of senior engineers
• Help integrate large language model APIs, prompts, and simple AI workflows into products
• Write clean, tested code and take part in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback
• Work with APIs, databases, and cloud deployments on well-defined tasks
• Use AI tools daily for coding support, debugging, research, test generation, and documentation
• Ask clarifying questions early and raise blockers quickly
• Keep documentation, tickets, and status updates current
• Learn the team's engineering patterns and apply them consistently

Requirements & Tech Stack

• 0-2 years of professional experience, or a strong portfolio of shipped projects (internships, freelance, open source, or personal projects count)
• Working knowledge of a modern frontend framework (such as React or Next.js) and a backend language (such as Python or Node.js)
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, SQL databases, and authentication
• Some hands-on experience calling a large language model API (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini) in a project
• Comfortable with Git and GitHub for daily collaboration
• Clear written and spoken English with technical and non-technical colleagues
• Active daily use of AI tools for coding, debugging, and learning
• Ability to check AI-generated code for correctness instead of accepting it as is
• Eagerness to learn, take feedback, and improve quickly

Preferred Qualifications

• A project that uses retrieval (RAG), embeddings, or a simple AI agent
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform
• Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL

Schedule and Location

• This is a fully remote role within approved hiring locations.
• Working schedule follows Eastern Time hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET, including holidays.

Technical Requirements

• Reliable wired internet connection with at least 100 Mbps speed
• Computer or laptop with Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 processor or higher
• Minimum 8 GB RAM and at least 128 GB available storage
• Dual-monitor setup preferred
• Windows 10 or macOS (latest version)
• 1080p webcam and working microphone
• Backup solutions for power and internet interruptions

Compensation

• USD 10,000 per year base salary + Performance Bonus
• Remote work with earned flexibility
• Professional development opportunities
• Paid time off