Senior AI Software Engineer

Senior Software/AI Engineer Location: New York City, NY Work Arrangement: Hybrid, 3 days per week onsite Compensation: $210,000 - $280,000 base salary, depending on experience, plus RSUs About the Company We are an AI-first software company building the next generation of intelligent technology for modern businesses. Backed by approximately $23M in Series A funding, we are at an exciting stage of growth where engineers have significant ownership over both the product and the underlying technology. Our engineering team works at the intersection of traditional software engineering and rapidly evolving AI capabilities. We are looking for engineers who are excited to build production software, work with modern AI technologies, and engage directly with customers to understand problems and turn them into scalable solutions. About the Role We are looking for a Senior Software/AI Engineer to join our engineering team in New York City. This is a highly hands-on role combining core product development, applied AI engineering, and customer-facing technical work. You will contribute directly to the development of our core platform while also working with customers to understand their workflows, solve complex technical problems, and help translate real-world use cases into product capabilities. The ideal candidate is a strong software engineer who has experience building production applications with technologies such as Python, Django, JavaScript, and AWS, along with practical experience working with LLMs, generative AI, or related AI technologies. You do not need to come from a traditional ML research background. We are particularly interested in engineers who can take AI capabilities and turn them into reliable, production-ready software. What You'll Do Design, build, and maintain production features across our core software platform.Develop backend services and APIs using Python and Django, while contributing to frontend and full-stack functionality where appropriate.Build and integrate AI-powered functionality using LLMs, generative AI, agentic systems, or related technologies.Work with AWS and cloud-based infrastructure to deploy, operate, and scale production applications.Translate ambiguous technical and business requirements into practical software solutions.Work directly with customers and internal stakeholders to understand technical requirements, workflows, and challenges.Prototype solutions quickly, validate them with customers, and turn successful concepts into scalable product capabilities.Integrate third-party APIs, data sources, and enterprise systems into the platform.Investigate and resolve complex technical issues across application, infrastructure, data, and AI layers.Contribute to system architecture, engineering standards, testing, observability, and overall product quality.Partner closely with product, engineering, and leadership to shape the technical direction of the platform.Help establish best practices around incorporating AI capabilities into production software.What We're Looking For 5+ years of professional software engineering experience, with strong experience building production applications.Strong proficiency with Python and experience with frameworks such as Django.Experience developing web applications and APIs using JavaScript/TypeScript or similar technologies.Hands-on experience with AWS and modern cloud infrastructure.Practical experience working with LLMs, generative AI, AI APIs, RAG, AI agents, prompt engineering, or related technologies.Strong understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including APIs, databases, distributed systems, testing, and system design.Experience taking projects from initial concept through production deployment.Comfortable working in an environment where requirements can evolve quickly and engineers are expected to operate with a high degree of ownership.Strong communication skills and the ability to work directly with customers or other non-engineering stakeholders.Ability to understand a customer's underlying problem rather than simply implementing a predefined specification.A product-oriented mindset and interest in building technology that has a direct impact on users.Nice to Have Experience building AI-native or AI-enabled SaaS products.Experience with LLM providers such as OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, or similar.Experience with RAG, vector databases, embeddings, agentic workflows, or tool/function calling.Experience integrating enterprise APIs, CRMs, ERPs, or other business systems.Experience working in a startup or high-growth technology environment.Experience in a customer-facing engineering, solutions engineering, forward-deployed engineering, or technical consulting capacity.Experience with modern frontend frameworks such as React.Familiarity with Docker, CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and production observability.What You'll Bring We're looking for someone who is equally comfortable writing production code and talking to customers. You should enjoy solving problems where the answer isn't always obvious, be comfortable moving between backend engineering and AI experimentation, and have the judgment to determine when a quick prototype should become a production feature. This is an opportunity to have meaningful ownership over a rapidly evolving AI-first product while working closely with customers and seeing the direct impact of the technology you build. Compensation & Benefits $210,000 - $280,000 base salary, depending on experience and qualificationsRestricted Stock Units (RSUs)Hybrid work environment with 3 days per week onsite in New York CityOpportunity to work on an AI-first product at a well-funded Series A companySignificant technical ownership and influence over product directionCollaborative, high-growth engineering environment