Sr. AI Software Engineer

2 years ago

USA (city not specified)Senior

Base Salary

$135k - $150k/yr

Responsibilities

Design and develop production-grade AI-powered applications and services.
Build systems using LLMs, AI agents, reasoning engines, and orchestration frameworks.
Write maintainable custom code and integrate AI services with software systems, APIs, and data sources.
Design prompts, workflows, tools, guardrails, and evaluation strategies for reliable AI behavior.
Optimize AI systems for performance, scalability, cost, quality, safety, and reliability.
Collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver end-to-end solutions.
Debug issues across AI logic, application code, and infrastructure.
Design resilient systems that address prompt injection, data leakage, hallucination, and misuse risks.
Implement observability, logging, feedback loops, data flows, retrieval strategies, RAG, and context management.
Adapt to new AI capabilities, platforms, and evolving requirements.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
5+ years of experience in AI, machine learning, or prompt engineering.
Strong software engineering experience with proficiency in one or more languages such as Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, Java, C#, or Go.
Experience building AI-driven applications using modern AI platforms or APIs, including custom logic, tools, and integrations.
Experience with APIs, services, distributed systems, system design, and application architecture.
Experience designing end-to-end AI systems rather than only integrating APIs.
Understanding of prompt injection, hallucination, data exposure, AI safety, evaluation, testing, and quality measurement.
Familiarity with retrieval-based systems such as RAG and context management.
Preferred experience with LLM platforms, agents, function or tool calling, orchestration frameworks, prompt engineering, AI copilots, chat systems, or intelligent automation.
Knowledge of cloud platforms and deployment patterns is preferred.
Experience in regulated or enterprise environments with security, compliance, or governance requirements is a plus.

Salary range is $135,000 to $150,000 in base pay.
Benefits include medical/pharmacy, dental, vision, life, and disability insurance.
Includes health and wellbeing programs such as weight loss and smoking cessation programs.
Matching 401(k) and participation in an employee stock purchase plan.
The role requires intermittent computer work for up to eight hours daily, prolonged sitting, and occasional handling of objects up to 10 pounds.