Staff AI Engineer, Foodsmart
$200-222k
+ Equity
Telenutrition & foodcare network
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Telenutrition & foodcare network
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$200-222k
+ Equity
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To provide simple solutions to accomplish health goals through a personalized program.
Role
Who you are
- A technical leader who thrives in ambiguity and brings clarity through architecture and execution
- Able to bridge the gap between research-grade models and real-world deployment
- Experienced in balancing technical rigor with business priorities
- Committed to responsible AI and monitoring model impact in production
- An effective communicator and mentor who can elevate teammates
- 5+ years in AI/ML engineering, with at least 1–2 years in a leadership or staff-level role
- Hands-on experience building AI systems in domains like NLP, forecasting, or engagement optimization
- Proven ability to deploy and scale real-time models, pipelines, and APIs
- Deep knowledge of MLOps, orchestration (Airflow, MLflow), and distributed training
- Backend development skills (Node.js, Java, or TypeScript) and experience with data platforms (Redshift, Snowflake)
What the job involves
- The AI Engineering team at Foodsmart is reimagining how AI can improve access to personalized nutrition and care
- From conversational chatbots and intelligent scheduling systems to predictive modeling for no-show prevention and behavioral segmentation, we power scalable experiences across our platform
- The Staff AI Engineer will lead the design and delivery of complex, cross-functional AI systems that support marketing, care operations, and member engagement
- You’ll collaborate with product and data teams, mentor engineers, and drive architectural decisions that enable our AI systems to perform reliably at scale
- We're looking for a technical leader who’s eager to build innovative solutions, guide others, and align our AI strategy with real-world impact
- Lead the design of complex AI systems spanning personalization, conversational AI, and predictive modeling
- Architect scalable pipelines for real-time use cases like no-show risk scoring, call center automation, and personalized marketing
- Fine-tune foundation models and guide strategy for chatbot, scheduling, and support automation
- Mentor engineers on ML best practices, code quality, and deployment strategies
- Collaborate with product and engineering leaders to define AI roadmaps aligned to company prioritie
Our take
Eating well can be a challenge, especially for people with care commitments or lower incomes. Unfortunately, not eating well can worsen various health problems, leading to increased medical costs in the long run.
To help with this, Foodsmart supplies meal kits tailored to each customer's nutritional needs and dietary preferences. With registered dieticians consulting and guiding subscriber meal plans, the company has smartly carved a science-first niche in the multi-billion dollar meal plan delivery service market.
With over 1 million users enrolled, Foodsmart has proven popular. It also boasts demonstrated results such as positive weight loss for obese subscribers, and lowered systolic blood pressure for those with hypertension. It continues to be popular with investors too, with its latest fundraise supporting the expansion of operations and its business reach.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Jun 2024
$200m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jan 2024
$10m
SERIES C
Total funding: $309.9m
Company benefits
- Unlimited PTO
- Flexible working hours
- Flexible working location
- Paid health insurance
- 401k, bonus & stock options
Company HQ
Jackson Square, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Jason Langheier
(Founder & CEO)Board Director at Partnership for Healthier America. Co-Founder and former CTO at Proventys, and Chairman and Founder of Fitness Forward. MPH at Harvard in Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Decision Sciences.
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