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Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI

finch-legalNew York CityProduct
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Salary
$180K – $280K
Job type
Full-time
Work mode
Remote
Experience
Senior · 3+ yrs
Posted
28 Sept 2026
Status
Open · checked 8d ago

About this role

This role suits engineers who want full-stack ownership and have experience building production-grade AI agents and software in New York City. The position is a Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI at finch-legal, where the team builds software to automate administrative work in consumer law.

Role Overview

The Member of Technical Staff, Applied AI position is based in New York City with an in-office requirement of 4 days per week. The employee will own critical features end-to-end and work directly with product, ops, and design teams to build automation software for personal injury law.

Key Responsibilities

Build production-grade voice, browser, document, and workflow agents that move personal injury cases forward.
Design long-horizon agent systems incorporating context, tools, memory, permissions, structured outputs, and human-in-the-loop controls.
Own the evaluation flywheel by turning real cases and operator feedback into benchmarks that continuously improve agent quality.
Optimize performance through model selection and routing, context engineering, prompting, tool design, and agent observability.
Make agents reliable across calls, documents, communications, third-party portals, partial failures, and changing case information.
Evaluate advances in agentic AI and rapidly ship improvements to quality, speed, or cost.

Requirements

Minimum of 3 years of experience building reliable, secure software in production with full-stack ownership capabilities.
Experience shipping AI-powered products or agents beyond the prototype stage.
Experience designing practical evaluations and using them to understand agent behavior, compare approaches, and improve task-completion quality.
Proficiency in Python and comfort working with React, LLM APIs, and agent frameworks.
Strong instincts for agent design, covering context construction, model selection, tool boundaries, structured outputs, failure recovery, and human handoffs.
A track record of turning ambiguous, real-world workflows into simple, dependable systems.
An experimental mindset focused on speed, measurement, and correct job completion.

Nice to Have

Experience with Pydantic AI or another production agent framework.
Experience building voice agents, browser agents, or long-running workflow agents.
Familiarity with Django, React, Temporal, Playwright, or AWS.
Experience building evaluation systems, agent observability, model routing, or human-in-the-loop review tools.
Familiarity with legal tech, healthcare workflows, document processing, or other operationally complex domains.

Skills and Tools

Python
React
LLM APIs
Django
Temporal
Playwright
AWS
Pydantic AI

Salary and Benefits

Salary range of $180K to $280K with offered equity.
100% coverage for health, dental, and vision.
401(k) retirement plan.
In-office snacks, drinks, and daily team lunches and dinners.
Flexible PTO.

About the Company

Finch-legal builds infrastructure for consumer law to make justice more accessible, starting with personal injury. The company automates administrative tasks while keeping humans leading every case. Backed by Sequoia, Redpoint, and founders of companies like DoorDash, Ironclad, and Digits, the organization has grown 10x in over a year and raised a $20M Series A.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should apply on the official company careers page.

Skills and tech stack

PythonReactLLM APIsDjangoTemporalPlaywrightAWSPydantic AILLM

Questions candidates ask

What is the location and work arrangement for the role?

The role is located in New York City and requires working 4 days per week in the office.

What is the salary range and equity offering?

The salary ranges from $180K to $280K and includes offered equity.

How many years of experience are required?

Candidates must have 3+ years of experience building reliable, secure software in production.

What programming languages and tools are expected?

Proficiency in Python is required, along with comfort working with React, LLM APIs, and agent frameworks.

What benefits does the company provide?

Benefits include 100% coverage for health, dental, and vision, a 401(k) plan, flexible PTO, and daily team meals and snacks in the office.

Ready to apply?

The application is on the official finch-legal careers page.

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