Lead AI Software Engineer
$182k - $259k • Remote • United States - Remote • Full-time
Posted 10d ago
About the job
We are seeking a highly accountable and impact-driven AI Lead Software Engineer to play a pivotal role in shaping and executing our AI vision. As a key member of technical staff, you will collaborate closely with senior Product and Engineering leaders to drive strategic initiatives and deliver results through cutting-edge AI technologies. In this role, you will lead the design and implementation of multiple AI-based product solutions, enabling rapid experimentation and implementation for a variety of product use-cases across the business. Success will require exceptional communication skills, an ability to contribute to high-level designs and translate them into low-level designs, a strong bias for action, a focus on measurable outcomes, and a commitment to continuously improving the capabilities of the organization through mentorship, coaching, and evangelization.
Responsibilities
- Interface with team members, executives, and stakeholders to provide context, direction, and technical guidance.
- Collaborate on and author high-level designs, ensuring strategic alignment with key leaders.
- Serve as lead engineer for major initiatives, developing and implementing low-level designs across teams.
- Facilitate quick-turnaround solutions for urgent business needs, balancing delivery speed, scalability, and reliability.
- Collaborate with Product & Engineering leadership to shape the AI strategy.
- Assess technology options to establish fit for purpose and optimize ROI.
- Build scalable, secure, cost-effective, and performant solutions at very large scale.
- Apply deep understanding of RAG pipelines, MCP, AI agents, multimodal LLMs, prompt orchestration, and LLM telemetry/inspection.
- Upskill the organization by evangelizing technologies and identifying opportunities for experimentation and education.
Requirements
- Significant experience architecting and shipping Agentic AI systems in production.
- Strong server-side engineering experience in Python, Go, Java, or similar.
- Experience building product solutions with LLMs and GenAI technologies.
- Experience working with product data pipelines and familiarity with e-commerce taxonomies/schemas is highly preferred.
- Familiarity with modern AI infrastructure (e.g., vector databases, model orchestration tools, inference frameworks, cloud-native ML workflows) is preferred.
- Demonstrated technical leadership across cross-functional teams, driving vision and execution without formal authority.
- Expertise in cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure), API architecture, and modern MLOps practices.
- Solid experience with SQL, in-memory storage, and similar data storage solutions.
- Familiarity with Angular, React, and similar Frontend frameworks.
- Minimum Bachelor's degree in CS, EE, SW, CE, MIS, or equivalent experience is preferred.
Benefits
- Variable compensation (such as bonus or commission)
- Equity
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Optional collaborative workspaces for team gatherings, workshops, and in-person connection.