Senior AI Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: To Be Discussed
Reviewed: Thu, May 28, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
To support a fast-growing startup, the contracted-to-full-time Senior AI Engineer will own critical parts of the data extraction and pipeline infrastructure, leveraging AI tooling to optimize performance and reliability while working remotely.
Key responsibilities
- Utilize AI tooling for development acceleration, optimization of complex problems, and shipping code efficiently
- Develop and maintain core data extraction and pipeline infrastructure for over 500 integrations
- Drive technical decisions and manage pipeline modernization initiatives to enhance product performance and reliability
Required qualifications
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience with a proven track record in production systems
- Deep expertise in Python and hands-on experience with modern AI tooling such as Claude/Opus
- Strong understanding of distributed systems, Kubernetes, and workflow orchestration
- Solid SQL knowledge, particularly with PostgreSQL and ClickHouse, with the ability to optimize queries
- Ability to work in the EST timezone and thrive in a fast-paced startup environment
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