Head of AI Architecture – Personality & Memory Systems (Remote/Equity)

Head of AI Architecture – Personality & Memory Systems American AI & Automation (AAIA) is building emotionally intelligent, behaviorally rich AI agents as part of our Consumer Products Division. We already have a dedicated cognitive/psychology lead (CPI) defining how our agents should behave — now we’re hiring a technical counterpart to make those systems real. We’re looking for a senior architect or applied AI engineer to own the infrastructure, architecture, and logic for long-term memory, behavioral layering, context retention, and identity continuity in our LLM-powered agents. This is a deeply technical role focused on pushing LLMs beyond chat, into agents with continuity, depth, personality, and history. What You’ll Build: • A modular architecture for LLM-based agents with persistent identity and behavior • Memory systems — episodic, semantic, and situational — for long-term context • Behavioral layering engines that reflect personality, tone, and role dynamics • Tools for internal state modeling, emotional consistency, and history tracking • Retrieval pipelines, embedding systems, and prompt chaining strategies that scale • Interfaces for collaboration with psychology, product, and engineering teams • Systems that support evolving agents over days, weeks, months — not just sessions Ideal Background: • 5+ years in machine learning, NLP, or applied AI systems engineering • Hands-on experience with LLMs, embeddings, vector databases, prompt engineering • You’ve built or architected memory systems, agent frameworks, or context persistence layers • Strong understanding of LLM limitations and how to augment them with retrieval, logic, or tools • Experience working on AI tools, games, companions, or emotionally-aware systems • Collaborative mindset — you’ll be building alongside our Chief of Personality & Interaction (CPI) Bonus Points for Experience With: • LangChain, Semantic Kernel, ReAct-style architectures, or custom agent frameworks • Memory representation formats (e.g., summarization, key embedding, episodic tagging) • Working with clinical or theoretical psychologists • Prior work on AI therapy, conversational sims, or emotional agents Compensation: • Monthly base: $12K–$25K/month depending on experience and scope • Equity: up to 20–30%, depending on depth of involvement and system ownership • Optional performance-based bonuses tied to retention, engagement, or system reusability What You’ll Get: • Full technical ownership over a system most companies haven’t even started building • Direct collaboration with experts in psychology, product, and LLM engineering • A portfolio of consumer AI products to plug your system into • A chance to build the behavioral backbone of emotionally resonant AI • Remote-first, highly autonomous, zero-bureaucracy team environment If you’ve ever said, “LLMs are powerful, but they forget who they are five minutes in” — this is your opportunity to fix that. Send us past systems, experiments, diagrams, repos — anything that shows how you think. Job Types: Full-time, Contract Pay: $100.00 - $400.00 per hour Benefits: • Flexible schedule Work Location: Remote Apply tot his job