# Applied AI Engineer at Zania

- Company: Zania
- What the company does: Deploy AI compliance agents for controls testing, risk assessments, policy management, and audits with evidence-backed accuracy. Backed by NEA.
- Company website: https://zania.ai/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: Palo Alto, CA
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $130K to $200K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2025-07-20
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/zania/8cc549cb-4975-468d-bcf4-4d6ee81e6f2d
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/zania-applied-ai-engineer/

## About the role

You will build AI systems designed to outperform the world's leading experts in Governance, Risk, and Compliance. Not research. Not prototypes. Production systems with a fanatical focus on accuracy, explainability, and responsible design. You will own the AI-native products that set a new global standard for GRC. We use an in-person work model and offer relocation assistance.

## What they're looking for

- 4-8 years in an applied AI or machine learning engineering role
- Proven product sense. You've shipped reliable, production-scale ML products. You know how to use offline evaluation and online experimentation to achieve high-performance results
- Hands-on applied AI expertise. Direct experience building with LLMs — fine-tuning, RAG, and agentic systems. Not theoretical. You've put these into production
- High agency. You take full ownership of outcomes, move with a bias for action, and have a relentless drive for world-class accuracy. You see constraints as design problems, not blockers
- Strong communication. You can work closely with security and GRC research counterparts and articulate technical tradeoffs clearly
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience

Tags: Engineering, Product, Design