Senior AI Engineer (Open)

About this role

About Paper
Paper is reimagining how schools support students so that every learner can reach their full potential. Our vision is a world where every student receives timely, personalized, and relevant academic support. We offer a suite of scalable solutions including 24/7 tutoring, writing feedback, math practice, college and career support, and AI-powered instructional tools that provide personalized support to all students, including multilingual learners. Our GROW high-impact tutoring program accelerates learning through targeted small-group instruction, delivers measurable gains in student achievement, and eases teacher workloads. Trusted by 500+ school districts across 40+ states and backed by leading investors including IVP, Sapphire Ventures, Framework Capital, and Reach Capital, we’re pursuing a bold goal: to drive the best academic outcomes for as many students as possible.


About The Role
We’re building the first B2B, in-classroom Voice + Video AI Tutor designed for real-world learning environments. This system operates in live classrooms—processing noisy audio, interpreting visual signals, and delivering low-latency, safe, pedagogically aligned AI support to educators and students.


We are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to architect and operationalize multimodal AI systems at production scale. You will own end-to-end AI initiatives—from research and experimentation through deployment and continuous optimization—powering AI features used by millions of learners.


This is a high-impact role with significant technical ownership in defining how AI is embedded into our platform.


What You'll Own
**Multimodal AI Architecture**

• Design and deploy real-time voice and vision AI systems for classroom environments.
• Evaluate tradeoffs between fine-tuning, RAG pipelines, prompt-based approaches, and tool-using agents.
• Build scalable inference systems with strict latency and cost constraints.

****Model Development & Experimenta...