Staff Software Engineer | AI

Job description

**This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Software Engineer | AI based in the United States.** The Staff Software Engineer | AI will play a key role in designing and delivering intelligent features that enhance a suite of SaaS products serving professional services businesses. You will work alongside experienced AI engineers, product managers, data scientists, and cloud operations specialists to transform business challenges into practical AI-powered solutions. From early-stage prototypes to production-ready services, you will help bring advanced AI capabilities to customers at scale. Your work will span large language models, data preparation, model evaluation, and secure cloud deployment. By combining strong software engineering expertise with hands-on AI experience, you will help shape the platform’s technical direction and improve customer outcomes. This role offers the opportunity to drive innovation in a growing technology environment that values collaboration, continuous learning, and measurable impact. ### Accountabilities: As a senior technical contributor, you will lead the development and integration of AI-powered capabilities while ensuring they are reliable, scalable, secure, and aligned with customer and business needs. Your responsibilities will include: - Collaborate with product managers and business stakeholders to identify challenges and translate them into effective AI-driven solutions. - Design, develop, and integrate AI features into existing SaaS products, expanding platform capabilities and improving the customer experience. - Partner with data teams to ensure relevant data is collected, enriched, prepared, and made available for AI applications. - Build, test, and evaluate AI-powered services, progressing from customer-facing prototypes to production-grade solutions available at scale. - Write high-quality Python code to manipulate data, interact with large language models, and evaluate the performance and reliability of AI systems. - Develop tools, services, and infrastructure that support secure, scalable, and dependable AI deployment. - Collaborate with cloud operations teams to deploy AI features, monitor performance and business impact, and continuously optimize production systems. - Apply modern AI technologies and engineering practices to improve workflows, support better decision-making, and enable product innovation. - Contribute technical leadership and engineering best practices across the AI development lifecycle, from experimentation and evaluation through production deployment and ongoing improvement. **Requirements:** The ideal candidate is an experienced software engineer with a strong background in production systems and practical AI implementation. You should be comfortable navigating complex technical challenges, collaborating across disciplines, and turning emerging technologies into dependable customer-facing capabilities. Key qualifications include: - 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in full-stack SaaS application development or backend engineering. - A proven track record of building and deploying production-ready AI or machine learning services at scale. - Hands-on experience with large language model frameworks, platforms, evaluation methods, and related AI tooling. - Strong Python development skills or equivalent expertise in a modern programming stack, with familiarity in data manipulation and model evaluation workflows. - Experience building scalable data infrastructure and integrating AI models into broader SaaS systems. - Experience with AWS or an equivalent cloud environment, along with modern DevOps practices. - Demonstrated ability to use AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation. - Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to translate business requirements into maintainable, production-quality technical solutions. - Effective communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work closely with engineering, product, data, and cloud operations teams. **Benefits:** - Annual salary range of **$150,000–$190,000**. Compensation may vary by work location, particularly outside the United States, Austin, and California, as well as by experience, skills, education, and other job-related factors. - Medical, dental, and vision insurance options, including a company-paid high-deductible health plan for employees. - Competitive financial benefits, including annual bonuses, equity options, and a 401(k) or RRSP for eligible employees in Canada, with a company match. - Flexible paid time off and paid holidays. - Parental leave to support new parents. - Wellness stipends, mental health support, and one-on-one nutrition coaching. - Professional development opportunities through internal learning programs, leadership development, and individual development funding. - Charitable donation matching, paid volunteer time, and company-sponsored volunteer activities. - Virtual and in-person team-building events, employee recognition programs, and peer-to-peer appreciation initiatives. - A collaborative and inclusive culture that emphasizes continuous learning, employee well-being, and opportunities to make a meaningful impact.