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Staff Engineer, AI Labs

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Base Salary

$200k - $275k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship production-grade AI products from problem framing and data pipeline design through deployment and live iteration
  • Work with partners in a forward-deployed manner to develop scalable agentic solutions
  • Lead technical scoping workshops with city leaders to address local problems using agentic workflows
  • Contribute to tooling involving data consolidation, predictive modeling, real-time decision-making, and LLM-powered experiences
  • Collaborate with product, data science, and operations teams to prioritize high-impact AI opportunities
  • Write scalable backend code, design APIs, manage data flows, and ensure reliable performance at scale
  • Help establish AI Labs’ technical culture, development practices, review processes, and shipping workflows
  • Evaluate and introduce new AI tools, ideas, and development approaches

Requirements

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience building full-stack applications and owning features end-to-end
  • 3+ years of experience working with AI tools or building AI-powered products
  • Deep expertise with LLMs, predictive modeling, and supporting data infrastructure
  • Strong backend engineering skills, including scalable API design and distributed systems
  • Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, early-stage environments and take ownership
  • Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
  • Comfort working directly with users and customers and traveling for on-site collaboration

Benefits

  • Generous comprehensive benefits package including free medical plans and 401(k) matching
  • Catered lunch on Wednesdays and other perks
  • US-only compensation and benefits; travel may be required for on-site collaboration with customers