Senior AI/ML Engineer

About Sayari:

Sayari is a venture-backed and founder-led global corporate data provider and commercial intelligence platform that serves financial institutions, legal and advisory service providers, multinationals, journalists, and governments. Thousands of analysts and investigators in over 30 countries rely on our products to safely conduct cross-border trade, research front-page news stories, confidently enter new markets, and prevent financial crimes such as corruption and money laundering.

Our company culture is defined by a dedication to our mission of using open data to prevent illicit commercial and financial activity, a passion for finding novel approaches to complex problems, and an understanding that diverse perspectives create optimal outcomes. We embrace cross-team collaboration, encourage training and learning opportunities, and reward initiative and innovation. If you like working with supportive, high-performing, and curious teams, Sayari is the place for you.

Sayari is the leader in Agentic Systems of Work for economic security and risk. Powered by the Sayari Commercial World Model - a digital twin of global commerce resolving 10.6B+ primary-source records from 250+ jurisdictions - Sayari transforms risk and investigative teams from manual data gatherers into decisive mission leaders. By unifying corporate ownership, trade data, and risk intelligence into a single graph, Sayari uncovers connections and typologies that legacy watchlist, adverse media, and point solutions miss, enabling prescriptive execution at scale. Trusted by the world’s most demanding regulators, including U.S. Customs and Border Protection, the U.S. Treasury, and Fortune 500 enterprises, Sayari delivers the evidence-based transparency needed to prove decisions, satisfy regulators and protect global commerce. Headquartered in Washington, D.C., Sayari is used by thousands of professionals across 35+ countries to secure supply chains and dismantle illicit networks.

POSITION DESCRIPTION

We are looking for a Senior AI/ML Engineer to join the AI Innovation Lab and architect the future of agentic workflows at Sayari. You will be the primary builder responsible for moving our AI from classical models to advanced, multi-agent orchestration systems that redefine how analysts interact with global risk data. This is a high-impact Individual Contributor role where you will design production-grade evaluation frameworks, build complex orchestration/routing systems, and ensure that our "Trustworthy AI" value is reflected in every agentic interaction we deploy.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect and deploy complex, multi-agent orchestration workflows end-to-end using frameworks like Langchain.

• Build and maintain a robust production evaluation framework for both online and offline LLM performance, ensuring our systems are accurate, reliable, and defensible.

• Develop and optimize orchestration and routing protocols to accelerate AI development and unblock cross-functional teams building on difficult problems.

• Serve as a technical mentor and thought leader for teams, advising on prompt engineering, workflow design, and the critical trade-offs between classical ML and agentic approaches.

• Collaborate directly with the AI Innovation Lab Manager and SVP of Engineering to align technical execution with Q2 product commitments.

• Independently solve complex engineering hurdles in the agentic stack, moving from POC to a deployed MVP within a 90-day window.

SKILLS & EXPERIENCE

Required:

• Production AI/ML Expertise: You have moved beyond notebooks and have a track record of deploying multi-agent workflows at scale that incorporate reasoning loops (CoT, ReAct) and tool use (RAG, API calls).

• Orchestration & Routing: Mastery of Langchain or similar frameworks, with the ability to build clean, maintainable, and observable agentic workflows.

• Cloud Engineering: Solid background in cloud infrastructure (AWS/GCP/Azure) with the ability to write production-ready code.

• ML Logic & Discernment: A solid background in classical ML (classification, regression) used to determine when to build agentic workflows versus utilizing traditional statistical models.

• Decisive Execution: A builder mindset with the ability to work independently, navigate ambiguity, and pivot quickly as priorities evolve.

Preferred:

• Deep experience with Orchestration/Routing, ReAct, and Chain of Thought.

• Background in RAG, GraphRAG, and evaluating workflows using LLM-as-a-judge vs. deterministic scoring.

• Experience in GCP.

The target base salary for this position is $175,000-$195,000 plus company bonus and equity. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including location, local market variances, candidate experience and expertise, internal peer equity, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Benefits:

• 100% fully paid medical, vision, and dental for employees and their dependents

• Generous time off; we observe all US federal holidays, close our office for a winter break (12/24-12/31), in addition to granting 18 PTO days and 10 sick days

• Outstanding compensation package; competitive commissions for revenue roles and bonuses for non-revenue positions

• A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

• Eligibility to participate in additional benefits such as 401k match up to 5%, 100% paid life insurance (up to $100,000 coverage),, and parental leave

• A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you

• Limitless growth and learning opportunities

Sayari is an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourages diverse candidates to apply. We believe diversity and inclusion mean our team members should reflect the diversity of the United States. No employee or applicant will face discrimination or harassment based on race, color, ethnicity, religion, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, disability status, veteran status, genetics, or political affiliation. We strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.

Pay Range

$175,000—$195,000 USD