Lead People Systems Engineer

1 month ago
Full-time
Lead
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning
Klaviyo

Klaviyo

Klaviyo offers intelligent email marketing, SMS, and automation services for ecommerce businesses, empowering brands to personalize customer interactions and drive growth.

IT Services
1K-5K
Founded 2012

Description

  • Reimagine core People workflows such as recruiting, onboarding, performance, and daily tasks through an AI-first approach.
  • Design and build AI-powered workflows, copilots, and agents that automate and augment People processes across the employee lifecycle.
  • Architect and implement systems that integrate with enterprise SaaS platforms such as Workday, Greenhouse, Sana, and internal Klaviyo tools.
  • Partner with the internal IT AI team to define best practices for prompt engineering, LLM orchestration, versioning, testing, security, and observability.
  • Identify high-leverage opportunities to replace manual workflows with AI-native solutions.
  • Define success metrics tied to efficiency gains, time savings, and operational effectiveness.
  • Act as a thought partner to People leadership on AI opportunities and operating-model changes.
  • Design systems that protect sensitive employee data with strong security, privacy, and governance controls.
  • Collaborate with Security, Legal, Global IT, and other stakeholders to ensure compliant AI deployment.
  • Build reusable frameworks, playbooks, training materials, and enablement resources so People teams can use AI confidently.

Requirements

  • 7+ years of engineering or data engineering experience.
  • 2+ years building AI/ML or LLM-powered solutions that delivered tangible business outcomes.
  • Proven ability to set technical direction and build 0→1 systems with meaningful organizational impact.
  • Strong experience with Python, SQL, and modern APIs.
  • Experience with LLM platforms such as OpenAI, Claude, or Gemini.
  • Experience with LangChain and LangGraph.
  • Experience designing AI-powered workflows, agents, or copilots.
  • Experience integrating with enterprise SaaS systems such as HRIS and ATS platforms.
  • Experience designing scalable systems, automation frameworks, and internal tools.
  • Experience working with sensitive data and implementing responsible AI practices.
  • Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into scalable technical solutions.
  • Experience with People/HR systems such as Workday, Greenhouse, or Sana is a plus.
  • Familiarity with workflow automation platforms such as n8n, Workato, or Zapier is a plus.
  • Experience in high-growth SaaS environments is a plus.
  • Contributions to AI governance, internal AI platforms, or experimentation frameworks are a plus.

Benefits

  • Base salary range of $140,000 to $210,000 USD for U.S. locations.
  • Eligibility for the company’s annual cash bonus plan.
  • Equity as part of the total compensation package.
  • Sign-on payments may be included.
  • Comprehensive health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility.
  • Flexible travel expectations, with up to 10% travel as needed and coordinated in advance.
  • Accommodations provided as needed for AI fluency and accessibility-related needs.

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