Senior AI Engineer - USA Remote
Reach Velocity - Emerging Technology πΊπΈ π΅πΉ Β· United States
Apply & track with Apply EdgeSenior AI EngineerUS Remote | $220,000β$250,000 base salary + competitive equity | Full-timeThe opportunityJoin an early-stage technology company building practical AI-powered software. We are looking for a senior engineer who combines strong full-stack development with hands-on experience turning LLM capabilities into reliable products. You will own features from initial design through production, working across backend systems, AI workflows and user experience.What you will do
- Build and ship production-grade agentic AI systems and customer-facing product features.
- Develop full-stack applications using TypeScript/Node.js and Python.
- Design orchestration, tool use, context and memory management, and retrieval workflows.
- Establish evaluations and observability to measure quality, diagnose failures and improve reliability, latency and cost.
- Integrate AI into intuitive interfaces and workflows, with attention to security and responsible handling of information.
- Assess emerging models and tools pragmatically, choosing approaches that solve real user problems.
- Take ownership in a small team, moving from 0β1 development to maintainable production systems.What you will bring
- 6β10+ years of full-stack software engineering experience, including applied AI/LLM systems delivered to production.
- Strong hands-on TypeScript/Node.js and Python skills.
- Practical experience with agentic architectures, context engineering, orchestration, evaluation and observability.
- Early-stage startup experience and the ability to deliver independently across the product stack.
- Clear examples of systems you personally built, shipped and supported in real-world use.
- A degree in Computer Science or a related STEM discipline.Strong plusesExperience with regulated environments, fintech, document intelligence, information extraction or complex unstructured data.Compensation and working arrangements
- Annual base salary: $220,000β$250,000 USD, plus competitive equity.
- Remote within the United States; candidates must be US-based.
- Quarterly team offsites.
- Visa transfers may be possible for exceptional candidates, subject to individual review.This is a confidential search. Further company information will be shared during the recruitment process.