AI Engineer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Take full ownership of AI-enabled features for client delivery systems, internal platforms, and products.

• Engage in frontend implementation, backend logic, API design, and database operations.

• Develop and integrate AI capabilities into production systems, including LLM APIs, prompt workflows, retrieval (RAG), agents, and automation.

• Establish and maintain infrastructure, cloud services, environments, and configurations.

• Manage deployments, CI/CD pipelines, releases, rollbacks, and environment oversight.

• Implement security best practices, encompassing secure authentication, secrets management, access control, and safeguards against common vulnerabilities.

• Leverage AI tools for coding assistance, debugging, technical research, test generation, and documentation.

• Transform vague requests into well-defined technical tasks, estimates, and delivery plans.

• Proactively identify risks and facilitate execution through practical decision-making.

• Conduct peer code reviews and offer guidance to junior engineers regarding patterns and best practices.

• Ensure systems remain maintainable, secure, observable, and prepared for ongoing iterations.

⛳️ Requirements

• 2–5 years of practical experience in building and delivering software within professional settings.

• Strong background with a modern frontend framework (such as React or Next.js) and a backend stack (like Python/FastAPI or Node.js).

• Familiarity with APIs, relational databases (such as PostgreSQL or MySQL), and authentication mechanisms.

• Experience in developing features utilizing large language models (prompting, tool usage, retrieval, or agent workflows).

• Practical knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS or Google Cloud Platform), containers (Docker), and essential services such as compute, storage, networking, and managed databases.

• Proven experience in creating and managing CI/CD pipelines (like GitHub Actions), deploying to production, and safely managing releases and rollbacks.

• Understanding of secure coding practices, authentication and authorization (OAuth, JWT), secrets management, encryption, and common vulnerabilities (OWASP Top 10).

• Ownership mentality with the capability to deliver without needing overly detailed requirements.

• Ability to juggle multiple priorities or workstreams in a fast-paced consultancy or product setting.

• Proficiency with GitHub and contemporary developer tools.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• Regular daily use of AI tools for planning, implementation, debugging, testing, and documentation.

• Capacity to critically assess AI-generated outputs and maintain high standards for accuracy and reliability.

• Reliable wired internet connection with a minimum speed of 100 Mbps.

• Computer or laptop with an Intel Core i5 or Ryzen 5 processor or better.

• At least 8 GB RAM and a minimum of 128 GB available storage.

• Operating system: Windows 10 or the latest version of macOS.

• 1080p webcam and functioning microphone.

• Backup solutions in place for power and internet interruptions.

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance Bonus

• Remote work with flexibility earned through performance.

• Opportunities for professional development.

• Paid time off.