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Staff AI Engineer

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Base Salary

$250k - $300k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Build and ship production-grade AI products end-to-end, from problem framing and data pipeline design through deployment and live iteration.
  • Work with partners in a forward-deployed manner to understand constraints and develop scalable agentic solutions.
  • Lead technical scoping workshops and work directly with city leaders on agentic workflows.
  • Contribute to intelligent tooling for data consolidation, predictive modeling, real-time decision-making, and LLM-powered experiences.
  • Design scalable APIs, manage data flows, and write reliable backend code for AI-driven features.
  • Collaborate with product, data science, and operations teams to identify and prioritize high-impact AI opportunities.
  • Help establish the technical culture and development practices of the AI Labs team.
  • Evaluate and introduce new AI tools, ideas, and approaches.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of hands-on experience building full-stack applications with a record of owning features end-to-end.
  • 3+ years of experience working with AI tools or building AI-powered products.
  • Deep expertise across LLMs, predictive modeling, and supporting data infrastructure.
  • Strong software engineering skills, including scalable API design, distributed systems, and maintainable code.
  • 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

  • Salary range of $250,000–$300,000, excluding equity or variable pay.
  • Comprehensive benefits package including free medical plans and 401K matching.
  • Catered lunch on Wednesdays and other perks.
  • US-only compensation and benefits; travel may be required for on-site partner collaboration.
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