Senior AI Engineer - Model Selection and Orchestration at Zip Co Limited

Department: Engineering

Compensation · Listed in posting

$162,000 – $205,000/yr

Setup: Remote, Hybrid
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 21, 2026

Description

Zip is hiring a Senior AI Engineer to build production AI systems for its customer-facing Zia experience and internal agents. The role focuses on decision and routing logic, intent classification, model selection, model orchestration, API and tool integration, secure AI systems, and reusable platform capabilities. It is remote-first for US-based employees with an option to work in-person from the Manhattan office and offers a base salary of $162,000 to $205,000 plus potential bonus and equity.

Required Skills

Python
TypeScript
LLM tool calling
Structured outputs
Retrieval-augmented generation
Agent orchestration
Model evaluation
CI/CD
Observability
Secrets management

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree with 10 years of related experience, or a Master’s degree with 6 years, or a PhD with 3 years, or equivalent experience
Required Previous Experiences: 10+ years of professional experience building, testing, deploying, and operating production software, including AI or ML-enabled applications beyond prototypes
Practical experience building applications using LLM tool calling, structured outputs, retrieval-augmented generation, and agent or workflow orchestration
Experience with cloud deployment, automated testing, CI/CD, observability, identity and access controls, secrets management, retries, idempotency, and failure recovery in production systems
Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools in the engineering workflow
Preferred Qualifications: Experience with Google Cloud, Google ADK, Model Garden, semantic routing, open-weight models, Model Context Protocol, reusable agent-development frameworks, Azure integrations, or payments and fintech environments
Translation Company Name: Zip Co Limited