# AI Engineer at Luca IQ

- Company: Luca IQ (YC S26)
- What the company does: API-first tax engine for CPA firms and developers. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://lucaiq.com/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Chicago, IL, US
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/luca-iq/jobs/U8IX0ke-ai-engineer
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/luca-iq-ai-engineer/

## About the role

Document collection and classification: Build systems that collect client documents and identify what they are, including tax forms, financial statements, receipts, and supporting materials. Extraction and normalization: Turn structured and unstructured documents into reliable, usable data. You will design workflows to extract fields, preserve source context, resolve ambiguity, and route low-confidence results for human-in-the-loop review.

## What they're looking for

- Strong judgment about evaluating design, observability, reproducibility, and human-in-the-loop workflows
- A bias toward shipping and learning from real-world document and model behavior, paired with a high bar for accuracy, auditability, reliability, and actionable measurement

Tags: Engineering