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As an Applied AI Engineer at Linktree, you’ll work across product, design, data, and platform engineering to build AI agents and AI-powered experiences that help people create, personalize, automate, and grow from one Linktree.\nThis role is for a strong product engineer who can move from concept to prototype to production. You’ll move quickly, learn from real usage, and harden what works with evaluation, observability, safeguards, and strong product judgment. This is not a pure research role. It is a build-and-ship role.\nWhat You’ll Own\nBuild and ship creator-facing and visitor-facing AI experiences end-to-end, from prototype through production.\nDesign multi-agent workflows that combine prompting, tool use, retrieval, memory/state, orchestration, and human-in-the-loop controls where appropriate.\nCreate eval suites, regression harnesses, and quality metrics so AI quality improves deliberately rather than by anecdote.\nPartner closely with product, design, data, and trust teams to translate ambiguous user problems into simple, high-value experiences.\nOptimize latency, reliability, cost, and safety so AI features are fast, dependable, and viable at scale.\nTurn production feedback, support signals, and behavioral data into model, prompt, policy, and product improvements.\nWho We’re Looking For\nStrong software engineering fundamentals and a track record of shipping production systems end-to-end.\nHands-on experience building LLM-powered products, agents, chat systems, RAG workflows, or similar AI experiences.\nExperience building evals for AI output quality harnessing.\nStrong product sense: you can identify the real user problem, simplify the solution, and make practical trade-offs around effort, scope, and quality.\nAbility to frequently weigh trade-offs and understand the benefits of keeping systems architecture simple.\nGood judgment on safety, trust, privacy, abuse, and failure modes in AI systems.\nStrong communicator who collaborates well with cross-functional partners and explains trade-offs clearly.\nLinktree is committed to providing a fair and competitive compensation package including cash, equity, and benefits. The base salary offered for this role is targeted at $240,000-$250,000 for roles based in Los Angeles. Final offers depend on multiple factors including location, experience, expertise, and role scope, and may vary from the range listed.\nP.S. If you don’t tick every box in this listing, please don’t rule yourself out. We take pride in inclusion and hiring incredible human beings with great potential over ticking boxes - so if this role resonates with you, hit that apply button!\nOur Story\nWe’re on a mission to empower anyone to curate, grow, and monetize their digital universe. We created the “link in bio” category - and we’re just getting started. From creators, artists, and entrepreneurs to global brands, we’re redefining how people connect with their communities, showcase their content and promote products - all in one link.\nToday, a community of 70+ million use Linktree, including icons like Adidas, TikTok, the UN Environmental Program, The NFL, Manchester United, World Central Kitchen, Sabrina Carpenter, Olivia Rodrigo, and Selena Gomez. With 48,000 new accounts created every day, Linktree is the fastest-growing leader in our space.\nWe’ve teamed up with some of the world’s biggest platforms including TikTok, Snap, YouTube, GoFundMe, Spotify, Google, Stripe, Reddit, Laylo, and Kajabi, to unify Linkers’ digital spaces, and we partner with retail brands Amazon, Nike, Nordstrom, Target, Sephora, Vuori, and more to share products they love.\nWe’re a tight-knit, passionate team building best-in-class tools that make online presence simple, powerful, and yours. If you're excited by the idea of shaping a new category, setting the standard, and making space for everyone to be seen and succeed, we’d love to meet you.\nWhere and How We Work\nWe're a global, diverse team spread across continents with offices in London, Los Angeles, Melbourne, and San Francisco. We work together flexibly and you can choose the setup that works best for you: fully remote or a hybrid mix of office and home.\nWe offer autonomy in how you structure your days and weeks. While we’re mindful of time zones and occasionally collaborate outside the typical 9-5, we lean into async work to keep things flowing. Our culture is family-friendly and Zoom-casual where kids, pets, and delivery drivers are welcome.\nHow we’ll help you thrive\nOur approach to benefits considers the whole person and the unique contributions they bring to Linktree. We want the experience at Linktree to be one that enables people to truly thrive so we can Go Further Together (one of our values). Some ways we support you:\nAn annual wellbeing allowance to use on things like (but not limited to) fitness memberships, development courses, childcare, travel, charitable donations, pet insurance, home office set-up - the choice is yours!\nEmployer contribution towards your retirement.\nGenerous time off for vacation, holidays, parental leave, volunteer time, and other categories.\nEmployee stock option program - we want each and every employee to share in the company’s success.\nAt Linktree, we believe in promoting a culture that celebrates unique backgrounds, talents, and experiences, and we’re proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are creating an inclusive workplace where every individual feels valued, respected, and has equal opportunities to thrive. We aim to foster a diverse and inclusive environment where all team members have a sense of belonging. 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