Senior AI Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Fri, May 22, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days

Job Summary

To support a growing platform team, the remote Senior AI Engineer will own critical aspects of data extraction and pipeline infrastructure, utilizing modern AI tooling to optimize performance and drive technical decisions in a contracted to full-time capacity.

Key responsibilities
  • Use AI tooling such as Claude Code and prompt engineering to accelerate development and optimize complex problems
  • Develop and maintain core data extraction and pipeline infrastructure for over 500 integrations
  • Drive the architecture and execution of pipeline modernization initiatives while ensuring high code quality
Required qualifications
  • 5+ years of backend engineering experience with proven ownership of production systems
  • Deep expertise in Python and hands-on experience with modern AI tooling
  • Strong understanding of distributed systems, Kubernetes, and workflow orchestration
  • Solid SQL knowledge (PostgreSQL, ClickHouse) with the ability to optimize queries
  • Comfortable with ambiguity and possess an ownership mentality in a fast-paced startup environment

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