Retell AI

Applied AI Engineer (Customer Facing)

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21 days ago
San Francisco, CA, USAMid Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$180k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy production AI voice applications with enterprise customers.
  • Integrate Retell APIs and SDKs into customer products and develop custom workflows, automations, and conversational AI experiences.
  • Debug production issues involving APIs, webhooks, telephony, SIP, authentication, latency, and infrastructure.
  • Investigate AI behavior and improve prompt quality, reliability, and performance.
  • Own technical implementations from proof of concept through production launch.
  • Lead technical onboarding and serve as the primary technical advisor for enterprise customers.
  • Advise customers on AI best practices, architecture, and deployment strategies.
  • Partner with Product and Engineering to convert customer feedback and recurring pain points into scalable product improvements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • At least 2 years of software engineering or customer-facing technical experience building and deploying production applications.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, or similar languages.
  • Experience working with APIs, SDKs, and distributed systems.
  • Strong debugging, problem-solving, communication, and technical customer-facing skills.
  • Ability to work standard U.S. business hours with overlap for the Pacific Time team and enterprise customers.
  • Preferred experience includes AI or LLM-powered applications, Voice AI, speech or conversational AI, cloud infrastructure, telephony, SIP, Twilio, real-time communications, startup environments, customer-facing engineering, solutions engineering, or consulting.
  • Willingness to travel up to 10% for customer workshops, launches, and onsite engagements.

Benefits

  • Full-time position based at the Redwood City, California headquarters.
  • 100% coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • $70 per day DoorDash credit for meals and snacks.
  • $200 per month wellness reimbursement.
  • $300 per month commuter reimbursement.
  • $75 per month phone bill reimbursement and $50 per month internet reimbursement.
  • Meaningful equity with three cash-equity balance options and upfront offers.
  • Retell AI is open to sponsoring work authorization for qualified candidates, including H-1B, TN, L-1, E-3, F-1 OPT/CPT, and O-1 visas.

Categories

Solutions Engineering
Retell AI

About Retell AI

51-200 employees

Retell AI builds a voice AI agent platform and APIs that let businesses automate inbound and outbound phone calls for sales, support, and operations. It offers cloud SaaS and developer tools to build, test, deploy, and monitor agents that integrate with telephony and CRMs, serving industries such as healthcare, insurance, financial services, and logistics. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, it is privately held and backed by Y Combinator.

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