Staff AI Engineer
Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Thu, Sep 10, 2026
This job expires in: 30 days
Job Summary
Leading the architecture and delivery of AI-powered systems, the full-time remote Staff AI Engineer will design resilient infrastructure, deploy cutting-edge models, and mentor engineers across teams to drive scalable, real-world impact.
Key responsibilities
- Own the architecture and implementation of distributed, high-scale backend systems and APIs that serve machine learning models in production
- Lead technical design for AI integration across product lines, enabling real-time and batch inference workflows
- Define and evolve platform-wide standards for backend engineering, MLOps, model governance, and observability
Required qualifications
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years at the Staff Engineer level or equivalent
- 4+ years of experience with backend development in TypeScript, Node.js, and SQL-based RDBMS
- 1+ years deploying ML/AI models to production, with hands-on experience fine-tuning LLMs or transformer-based models
- Deep understanding of system architecture, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and scalable API design
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
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