Director of AI - Agentic Systems (San Francisco)
Overview
Climatize makes it incredibly simple to invest in renewable energy projects across the US while potentially earning up to 12.75% annually. Since our launch in May 2023, we have raised over $12,300,000 for 26 renewable energy projects, and we are expanding our engineering team with a founding AI/ML Engineer to be the technical lead for a new product line.
Our mission is to generate $1 Billion per year of new investments in renewable energy by 2030, with the vision to build a global network for climate finance.
Media features include Fast Company\'s 2024 World Changing Ideas Company of the Year, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes.
This role includes both salary and stock options. Salary will be geographically adjusted.
Responsibilities
- Architect and lead development of a production-grade multi-agent system designed for renewable energy project development.
- Legislative and interconnection research
- Engineering design optimization using third-party APIs (e.g., Helioscope)
- Automated permitting document retrieval and generation
- Investment memo preparation with financial modeling and risk analysis
- Build and maintain a supervisory agent layer for evaluation, error handling, and memory management across tasks.
- Integrate the system with external tools (Helioscope, Paces, Energy Toolbase), vector databases, and structured document pipelines.
- Lead orchestration of LLMs and APIs, including LangChain, RAG pipelines, and commercial models (OpenAI, Claude, Manus).
- Own deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement cycles to ensure reliability, scalability, and compliance with performance and safety requirements.
What were looking for
You'll need to be passionate about rolling your sleeves up & doing the work. Ideal candidates must have a strong bias toward action with the ability to problem-solve quickly and make decisions based on Climatize business and product goals.
Basic Qualifications
- 7+ years professional experience in software engineering or applied ML, with 2+ years building production AI agents or multi-agent systems.
- Demonstrated expertise in orchestrating LLMs with APIs, including LangChain and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG).
- Proven track record in designing and delivering autonomous AI system architectures with measurable reliability.
- Clear understanding of distinctions between tool-use, agentic reasoning, and autonomous execution.
- Preferred: Experience with solar design tools (Helioscope, PVsyst, Aurora), geospatial/energy data workflows, or project finance.
Preferred Qualifications
- +2 years of energy experience.
- Experience integrating solar and energy system design tools (Helioscope, PVsyst, SAM, Energy Toolbase) into automated workflows.
- Familiarity with permitting, interconnection, and compliance processes in distributed energy projects.
- Background in renewable energy, infrastructure, or climate technology product development.
- Proficiency with vector databases, RAG architectures, and hybrid retrieval systems.
- Prior experience automating document workflows (OCR, templating, compliance reporting).
- Track record working in early-stage startups or entrepreneurial environments with high technical autonomy.
Interview Process
- Screening Call with Will (CEO & Co-Founder)
- Technical Screening Call with Shaun (VP, Engineering)
- Technical design challenge - 4 days
- Culture fit meeting with Alba (COO & Co-Founder)
- Culture fit meeting with Will (CEO & Co-Founder)
About Climatize
Working with us means joining a team where passion drives environmental stewardship, diversity is embraced, transparency and trust thrive, action is taken fearlessly, ownership is cherished, and big thinking meets purposeful action. Together, we create a better world.
Culture
- Were Here to Win Championships
- Were Building a Movement
- We Understand the Stakes
- We Think Big & Dive Deep
- We Achieve More with Less
Seniority level
- Director
Employment type
- Full-time
Job function
- Engineering and Information Technology