AI Engineer career switch after layoff in New York

If you are applying for AI Engineer roles in New York, the hard part is not finding one listing. The hard part is making each application look specific enough to pass the recruiter screen and the ATS scan.

287 live listings right now.

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Live AI Engineer jobs in New York

287 open listings match AI Engineer in New York right now. The newest:

Skills employers ask for

Terms that keep coming up in the newest AI Engineer listings in New York, and how many listings use each.
  1. applied31 posts
  2. software42 posts
  3. agents22 posts
  4. tackling8 posts
  5. forward deployed9 posts
  6. engineering32 posts
  7. platform39 posts
  8. agent12 posts
  9. open source7 posts
  10. rely7 posts
  11. staff16 posts
  12. vice president7 posts
  13. institutions9 posts
  14. frontier10 posts
  15. research12 posts
  16. investors6 posts
  17. operating system7 posts
  18. stack9 posts
  19. building21 posts
  20. started8 posts

Who's hiring

Employers with the most open AI Engineer listings in New York.
  1. Hebbia Ai11 open jobs
  2. MS9 open jobs
  3. Scale AI7 open jobs
  4. Kepler Ai6 open jobs
  5. Lightning AI6 open jobs
  6. Capgemini5 open jobs
  7. INSTALILY.AI5 open jobs
  8. JPMorgan Chase5 open jobs
  9. Mistral Ai5 open jobs
  10. Appnovation Technologies4 open jobs

Advertised pay

From listings that state pay. Many don't, so treat it as a range, not a promise.

$115,000 to $500,000 a year, median $240,000.

What to rebuild after a layoff in New York

Recruiters scan for role fit, recent proof, and keywords. For AI Engineer, your resume should show the tools you used, the problem you solved, and the result. A vague project line does not help. A specific line with numbers, users, revenue, cost, speed, quality, or risk reduction works much better.

Check this before sending another application.

  • Transferable skills
  • Proof rebuild
  • Applications
  • Put the exact job title and adjacent titles in your summary.
  • Mirror the top skills from the job description naturally.
  • Use 3 to 5 achievement bullets that show measurable outcomes.
  • Keep formatting simple so ATS software can parse every section.

Resume keywords for AI Engineer

Do not stuff keywords. Put them where they belong: skills, project bullets, work experience, and certifications. For AI Engineer jobs in New York, start with these clusters.

Core skills

role-specific tools, workflows, and delivery methods

Business impact

cost, revenue, speed, quality, risk, retention, or conversion

Collaboration

stakeholders, product, engineering, sales, security, or operations

Proof

portfolio links, shipped work, dashboards, case studies, or GitHub

A practical application plan

Reframe your recent experience, rebuild visible proof, and apply to adjacent roles where your old domain still helps.
  1. Pick 10 active AI Engineer listings in New York and save the job descriptions.
  2. Group repeated skills and phrases. Those are your ATS keywords.
  3. Rewrite your resume summary for this exact market and role.
  4. Run the resume and JD through the JobRise ATS checker.
  5. Only apply after your resume clearly matches the must-have requirements.

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Before you apply

Paste the job description into JobRise, check the ATS score, then fix the missing keywords before you send the application. One focused application beats ten generic ones.
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