Job brief: AI Native Engineer

What JoRoute checked · Checked by JoRoute

• Listed on CookUnity's own job board. JoRoute does not take listings from job ads or recruiters.
• First seen by JoRoute 2026-11-04 (2 days ago); last confirmed on the board 2026-11-06.
• The apply link opens careers.cookunity.com, the address CookUnity's board gives for this job.
• No other listing with this title and place on this board in the last 90 days.
• No layoff notices (WARN) under this name in the state files JoRoute reads.

What the listing says · Employer's own words, not checked

• Pay: $130,000 to $190,000 a year
• Job type: Not stated
• Where: New York, New York, United States · New York
• Posted: 2026-06-10 · over 60 days ago

What the job asks · Employer's own words, not checked

Level: Senior. The posting asks for 5 years of experience.

Must have

• Minimum Requirements :
• 🗓️ 5- year Sabbatical: After 5 years with CookUnity, you get a 4-week paid sabbatical

Conditions

• Manage evals and regression testing after model updates, prompt changes, or upstream data shifts.
• All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, citizen…

Main duties

• Every team at CookUnity has workflows that could be 10-100x more effective with the right automation. But unlocking that requires someone who can see the opp…
• You'll embed directly with the cross functional AI team as a dedicated AI engineer. Your job isn't to write code faster with AI. It's to fundamentally redesi…
• You'll architect the automated version, build it, and then own it in production: tracking KPIs, managing evals after model changes, and continuously improving.
• This is equal parts business analyst, systems integrator, and engineer. You'll spend as much time interviewing stakeholders and mapping data flows as you wil…
• You'll report to the Head of Applied AI.

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How it compares · Compared by JoRoute from listings

• Typical listed pay for engineer jobs in New York, NY: $189k a year (481 listings, 40 employers). This listing is 15% lower.
• Across CookUnity's 131 open listings, 79% of those with a posting date were first posted more than 60 days ago. How CookUnity hires

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