Junior AI Engineer

Overview

Junior AI Engineer role building and shipping AI-enabled software across client engagements and internal products, working under senior engineers who review the work.

What you'll do

• Build and fix frontend and backend features for AI-enabled applications, under the guidance of senior engineers.
• Help integrate large language model APIs, prompts, and simple AI workflows into products.
• Write clean, tested code and take part in code reviews, both giving and receiving feedback.
• Work with APIs, databases, and cloud deployments on well-defined tasks.
• Use AI tools daily for coding support, debugging, research, test generation, and documentation.
• Ask clarifying questions early and raise blockers quickly.
• Keep documentation, tickets, and status updates current.
• Learn the team's engineering patterns and apply them consistently.

What you'll need

• 0–2 years of professional experience, or a strong portfolio of shipped projects (internships, freelance, open source, or personal projects count).
• Working knowledge of a modern frontend framework (such as React or Next.js) and a backend language (such as Python or Node.js).
• Basic understanding of REST APIs, SQL databases, and authentication.
• Some hands-on experience calling a large language model API (such as OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini) in a project.
• Comfortable with Git and GitHub for daily collaboration.
• Clear written and spoken English with technical and non-technical colleagues.
• Active daily use of AI tools for coding, debugging, and learning.
• Ability to check AI-generated code for correctness instead of accepting it as is.
• Eagerness to learn, take feedback, and improve quickly.

Nice to have

• A project that uses retrieval (RAG), embeddings, or a simple AI agent.
• Exposure to cloud platforms such as AWS or Google Cloud Platform.
• Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL.

Details

• Fully remote role within approved hiring locations, subject to Ajaia hiring and compliance requirements.
• Working schedule follows Eastern Time hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM ET, including holidays.
• Technical requirements: reliable wired internet of at least 100 Mbps; laptop with Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 or higher; minimum 8 GB RAM and 128 GB available storage; dual-monitor setup preferred; Windows 10 or macOS (latest); 1080p webcam and working microphone; backup solutions for power and internet interruptions.
• Compensation: USD 10,000 per year base salary plus performance bonus.