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# Applied AI Engineer at Future

- **Company:** Future
- **Location:** Remote
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-04-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-15
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/future/jobs/4683133005

## Job description

About Us:

Future is building a personalized guidance system for lifelong health. We help people understand what to do next for their body, goals, and stage of life — then support them in turning those decisions into sustained behavior change. By combining AI, human expertise, personal health data, and accountability, Future helps members improve performance today while building the resilience, capacity, and healthspan they need for decades to come.

## About the Role

We're looking for an Applied AI Engineer to help us build and ship AI-powered features that directly improve our product experience and business outcomes. This is a hands-on, product-focused role where you'll take ideas from concept to production — designing intelligent systems, validating them with real users, and turning them into reliable, scalable services.

You'll work at the intersection of AI, product, and engineering — partnering closely with cross-functional teams to identify high-impact opportunities, prototype quickly, and iterate based on data. This isn't a research-only role. You'll own the full lifecycle: experimentation, evaluation, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.

The ideal candidate is excited about applying LLMs and modern ML tooling to real-world problems. You think in terms of systems, tradeoffs, and outcomes — not just models. You care about performance, quality, latency, and cost in production. Most importantly, you're motivated by shipping impactful AI experiences that customers actually use.

## What You'll Do

- Build and ship AI agents that serve real users: tool-calling LLM systems with structured output, parallel API orchestration, and streaming responses.
- Design evaluation harnesses and quality scoring — we use Langfuse, rubrics to measure safety, effectiveness, and personalization.
- Own the full loop: prototype a new agent capability, validate it with evals, deploy it to staging and production, monitor traces, and iterate.
- Improve reliability, latency, and cost through prompt caching strategies, token budgets, retry logic, and observability.
- Write the tools agents use: API integrations with Pydantic validation, exercise search over local databases, structured workout submission.

## What You Bring

- Strong Python skills: you've built and deployed services on large production systems.
- Experience with LangChain/LangGraph or similar agent frameworks.
- Hands-on experience with LLMs in production: prompt engineering, tool/function calling, structured output, evaluation.
- Comfort with async Python, HTTP APIs, and streaming protocols (SSE, webhooks).
- Experience with data validation and schema design (Pydantic, JSON Schema).
- Ability to debug across layers: from a broken LLM tool call to a misconfigured Terraform resource.
- Clear communication: you'll work directly with product, mobile, and backend engineers.

## Nice to Have

- Familiarity with AWS (Bedrock, ECR, CloudFront, S3, Cognito) or other cloud agent hosting.
- Observability and tracing tools (Langfuse, OpenTelemetry, Datadog).
- Exposure to evaluation frameworks: LLM-as-a-judge, automated scoring, dataset management.
- Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CDK).

## Compensation & Benefits

We believe great people should be well paid and meaningfully invested in what they're building.

Base Salary $ 215,000– $ 250,000/ year + equity. The salary range is set based on multiple considerations including business needs, market demands, talent availability, experience, and unique skills and attributes. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

Equity Equity participation offered alongside base compensation.

Health Coverage Comprehensive medical, vision, dental, and disability insurance plus tax savings accounts for all eligible employees.

Retirement 401(k) plan with tax-advantaged savings options.

Remote-First Employment eligible to all employees located anywhere in the continental US. No travel required.

Wellness & Development Monthly health and fitness stipend contributing to overall wellbeing, access to a mental health platform, reimbursement for medical travel, and an annual learning & development stipend.

Flexible Time Off Flexible PTO so you can rest, recharge, and take care of life outside of work.

Future Membership Enjoy our platform for free!

Life at Future

Equity: Meaningful equity package. Health Coverage: All employees who meet eligibility requirements receive comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and disability insurance, plus tax-advantaged savings accounts. Retirement: 401(k) plan. Wellness: Monthly wellness stipend for fitness, recovery, and overall wellbeing, plus access to mental health resources and therapy support. Flexible Time Off: Flexible PTO so you can rest, recharge, and take care of life outside of work. Learning & Development: Annual budget for courses, conferences, coaching, and tools that help you grow in your craft. Future Membership: Enjoy our platform for free.

## Equal Employment Opportunities at Future

We are committed to building a future where every member of our community, is healthy, cared for, and advancing forward together. Future is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, age, civil or family status, disability or race.

## About Future

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Future is the largest provider of personal training in the nation, offering personalized, one-on-one coaching through a mobile app that pairs members with dedicated coaches who build custom workout plans.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2017
- **Founders**: Justin Santamaria (Co-Founder & CTO)

## Core Business
- Primary industry: Wellness and Fitness Services / Health & Fitness Technology
- Target customers: B2C (individuals seeking personal training), with a premium subscription model ($199/month)
- Mission statement: "To make world-class coaching accessible to more people, so they can build strength, move better, and live healthier, longer lives." [future.co](https://future.co/about)

## Products & Services
- **Future (Consumer App)**: A personalized, 1-on-1 personal training app. Each member is matched with a dedicated coach who creates custom workout plans, provides video demos and form guidance, and offers daily accountability and support. Plans evolve over time based on progress and feedback. [future.co](https://future.co/)
- **Future Pro (B2B)**: A corporate wellness offering providing personalized training as an employee benefit.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$113.5M** across 7 rounds (Seed, Series B, Series C). The most recent Series C (2022) raised **$75M** led by Trustbridge Partners and SC.Holdings. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-research-inc)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Trustbridge Partners (Lead), SC.Holdings (Lead), Andreessen Horowitz (Board Member), Tom Brady (Co-Chairman of the Board), Tiger Woods (Board of Directors/ Athlete Advisor), Simone Biles (Athlete Advisor). [future.co](https://future.co/about)
- **Growth Signals**: 
    - Headcount of **184 employees**, with **+14.8% YoY growth**. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-research-inc)
    - Over **8.2 million workouts completed** and **28 billion+ pounds lifted**. [future.co](https://future.co/about)
    - Acquired Autograph (NFT platform) in January 2025. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-research-inc)
    - Active job postings increased **+66.7% YoY**. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-research-inc)

## Competitive Advantages
- **The Human Element**: Unlike pure fitness apps, Future's core product is the human coach. The company believes "the right coach changes everything" and has a collective **1,774 years of coaching experience** among its team. [future.co](https://future.co/about)
- **High-Profile Brand Ambassadors**: Board members and athlete advisors like Tom Brady, Tiger Woods, and Simone Biles provide massive credibility and marketing reach.
- **Proven Results**: Claims a **98% member satisfaction rate** (more consistent within 4 weeks) and a **4.9/5 rating on the App Store**. [future.co](https://future.co/)
- **Personalization at Scale**: The tech stack (React Native, Python, Snowflake, AI) enables a deeply personalized experience that adapts to each member's life, schedule, and goals.

## Strategic Focus
- **AI-Powered Coaching**: The company is actively hiring for an "Applied AI Engineer," signaling a push to integrate artificial intelligence into their coaching platform to enhance personalization and scale. [future.co/careers](https://future.co/careers)
- **Scaling the B2B Channel (Future Pro)**: Expanding corporate wellness partnerships to reach more members through employer-sponsored programs.
- **Deepening the Member Experience**: Continuously refining the app and coaching model to improve retention and outcomes, with a focus on long-term health and strength.

## Why Work Here
- **Culture & Values**: Future's culture is built on four pillars: "Raise the Bar," "Go the Extra Mile," "Sweat the Details," and "Stronger Together." They emphasize authentic relationships, ambitious goals, and a founder-like mentality. [future.co/careers](https://future.co/careers)
- **Work Environment**: **Remote-First** company. They provide a complete work-from-home package including Wi-Fi reimbursement, a home office setup stipend, and Future branded gear. They also host regular in-person gatherings across the country to build community. [future.co/careers](https://future.co/careers)
- **Benefits & Perks**: 
    - Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance with low deductibles and copays.
    - **12 weeks of paid parental leave**.
    - Annual **Learning & Development stipend** for courses, conferences, and certifications.
    - **Free Future membership** ($199 value) plus a $99/month discount for friends and family.
    - **Monthly wellness stipend** for fitness, mindfulness, and self-care.
    - **10 free therapy sessions** per year for mental health.
    - **401(k) plan** with tax-smart savings.
- **Engineering Culture**: Uses a modern tech stack (React, React Native, Python, Kotlin, Snowflake, Terraform, Kubernetes) and is building a team of ambitious engineers to solve complex problems in health and personalization. [linkedin.com](https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-research-inc)

## Sources
1. [future.co - Official Website](https://future.co/)
2. [future.co - About Page](https://future.co/about)
3. [future.co - Careers Page](https://future.co/careers)
4. [linkedin.com - Company Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/future-research-inc)
5. [tracxn.com - Company Profile](https://tracxn.com/d/companies/future/__xLWFfIQZrq1Z7nhPZ_9SFhbTvhNNISaxZIZN208YvYA)

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