5+ years of experience in technical consulting, solutions engineering, or applied AI roles Familiarity with building APIs, data pipelines, and ML integrations Good understanding of generative AI architectures, including experience using or deploying AI models Strong systems thinking and ability to map business problems to technical architectures Effective communication, ability to translate business and technical topics to all audiences Eager to own problems end-to-end and fill missing gaps Comfort operating in early-stage companies Ability to travel up to 50%