Applied AI Engineer

Applied AI Engineer - Private Equity | Florida, US

Orr Search is partnering with an established private equity firm to hire an AI Engineer into its Data & AI team.

The role

You’ll work alongside a small, hands-on Data & AI team focused on two things: internal AI initiatives within the firm, and value creation across its portfolio companies. It’s a lean team, so your work will be highly visible and you’ll have real ownership from day one.

What you’ll do

• Build and deploy AI and agentic products for the firm’s internal teams, and for portfolio companies
• Own the architecture of those products end to end: data, models, application and deployment
• Partner with investment and operating teams to identify and scope high-impact AI use cases
• Take solutions from idea to production, turning AI from experimentation into measurable business results

What we’re looking for

• 3-5 years of experience.
• A solid data foundation: you know how to work with data properly. You can build and manage reliable data pipelines, and you understand how good data feeds into AI.
• Both AI and software engineering: you’re not only a data scientist or only a developer. You understand how AI models work (LLMs, RAG, agents) and you write production-quality code (Python / TypeScript, APIs, cloud).
• AI products live in production: you’ve built AI or agentic tools that real users rely on day to day, not just demos, pilots or proofs of concept.
• Ownership of the architecture end to end: you can design the whole system yourself, from data and models through to the application and deployment, and make the key technical decisions.

Why it’s interesting

• A high-impact role at the intersection of private equity and AI
• Exposure to a diverse portfolio and senior investment leadership
• A small team where your work shapes how the firm uses AI

Please note: due to the high volume of applications, we’re unable to respond to every applicant individually. If your experience closely matches the criteria above, we’ll be in touch.