# Member of Technical Staff (Applied AI) at Solstice

- Company: Solstice
- What the company does: Connect to a local community shared solar farm that reduces your energy bill every month. Backed by Techstars.
- Company website: https://solstice.us
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $160K to $300K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-05-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/solstice/dcca6848-8fe7-4be7-821a-e6bdc3c8cb53
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/solstice-member-of-technical-staff-applied-ai/

## About the role

We are in search of an Applied AI engineer who has the drive required to be a part of a founding team looking to tackle a difficult but meaningful problem. You’ll be responsible for the end-to-end lifecycle of our AI systems—from experimentation to production deployment and ongoing optimization.Beyond development, you will be collaborating closely with co-founders Yiwen and Aris on all facets of the startup as we grow Solstice in the coming years.

## What they're looking for

- Engineering chops. Relevant experience building systems & deploying enterprise-grade products
- Independent thinking. While we believe specific skills can be taught, we need someone who has the ability to make decisions and drive results on their own
- Strong proficiency in full-stack web development technologies such as Python, FastAPI, Docker, AWS
- Experience working with LLMs such as GPT, Claude and Gemini to create LLM-based workflows, RAG Pipelines and agentic solutions. (Either formally or through projects/experimentation)
- Superb communication and collaboration skills. We believe in direct communication and willingness to provide as well as accept criticism
- Unreal work ethic. Diamonds were not made overnight

Tags: Engineering