Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Tech Strike Team

Talanto; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness benefits

Unlimited Vacation

Flexible hours

Work from Home support

Catered meals

Team events

Job summary

Talanto is seeking a Senior / Staff Software Engineer to join the AI Tech Strike Team. You will design, build, and ship internal tooling and workflows to accelerate autonomy codebases, ML pipelines, and research workflows, collaborating with engineers, researchers, and business teams.

The role emphasizes evaluating new AI tools, integrating third-party solutions, and driving tool adoption with docs and enablement in a fast-moving environment.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software engineering experience shipping tools used by large internal or external user bases.
• Hands-on familiarity with the current generation of AI coding tools and agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex) and demonstrated experience building and shipping AI-powered products, agents, or workflows.
• Strong proficiency in Python (or another common programming language), and comfort with CI/CD pipelines and developer infrastructure.
• Strong product instincts and judgment: identify high-leverage problems across diverse teams, scope pragmatic solutions, and ship adoption-worthy features.
• Strong written and verbal communication, autonomy in ambiguous, fast-moving territory, and ability to influence engineers, researchers, and business partners.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and ship custom internal tooling, agents, and workflows tailored to supporting our autonomy codebase, simulation environments, ML training pipelines, and research workflows.
• Integrate and extend third-party AI tools—from coding assistants and agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot) to AI tools for non-engineering functions—building integrations and internal extensions.
• Evaluate new AI tools, models, and agent frameworks as they emerge, run pilots, and provide technical recommendations for build-vs-buy decisions.
• Partner directly with engineers, researchers, and business teams to understand workflows, prototype solutions quickly, and iterate based on usage.
• Build observability around AI tooling by tracking usage, adoption, cost, and quality to prioritize with data.
• Drive adoption of the tools you build through documentation, enablement, office hours, and hands-on support.

Skills

Python

AI tooling familiarity

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Codex

Job description

Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Tech Strike Team

Python

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, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit:

The latest advances in AI tooling is fundamentally changing all teams' ways of working - from ML model development, to traditional software development, to non-technical business functions. We are building a dedicated AI Technical Strike Team to establish centralized best practices for working with AI across with the aim of maximizing productivity. We are looking for hands-on senior software engineers to build the AI tooling, agents, and workflows that accelerate how we work. As a Software Engineer on the AI Tech Strike Team, you will design, build, and ship the tools that compound the productivity of every team at . The team will own a mix of core tooling work and deployed engagements, where members of the team work closely with functions across to understand their pain points and co-design AI workflows to maximize productivity.

You will...

• Design, build, and ship custom internal tooling, agents, and workflows tailored to - supporting our autonomy codebase, simulation environments, ML training pipelines, and research workflows, as well as agents and automations for business teams.

• Integrate and extend third-party AI tools - from coding assistants and agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to AI tools for non-engineering functions - building the integrations, configurations, and internal extensions that make them work well for .

• Evaluate new AI tools, models, and agent frameworks as they emerge, run structured pilots, and provide clear technical recommendations that inform build-vs-buy decisions.

• Partner directly with engineers, researchers, and business teams to understand their workflows, prototype solutions quickly, and iterate based on real usage.

• Build observability around AI tooling at - tracking usage, adoption, cost, and quality - so we can prioritize with data and understand impact.

• Implement the guardrails for responsible AI tooling at in partnership with Security, Legal, IT, and Infrastructure.

• Drive adoption of the tools you build through documentation, enablement, office hours, and hands-on support - helping every team get more out of their tools every week.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping tools, platforms, or products used by large internal or external user bases.

• Deep, hands-on familiarity with the current generation of AI coding tools and agents (Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Codex, or similar), and demonstrated experience building and shipping AI-powered products, agents, or workflows - including prompt engineering, evals, tool use, and integrating LLMs into production systems.

• Strong proficiency in Python (or another common programming language), and comfort working across modern build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and developer infrastructure.

• Strong product instincts and judgment: you can identify high-leverage problems across a diverse set of teams, scope pragmatic solutions, and ship things that actually get adopted.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy in ambiguous, fast-moving territory and influencing engineers, researchers, and business partners.

• Passionate about self-driving technologies, frontier AI, and using AI to push the boundary of what a small, world-class team can accomplish.

Bonus/nice to have:

• Prior experience in a developer productivity, platform engineering, or AI tooling role, ideally with exposure to ML, robotics, or autonomous systems infrastructure (e.g., training pipelines, simulation tooling, large monorepos).

• Experience working effectively with non-engineering stakeholders - translating business workflows into technical solutions for functions like Finance, Commercial, Marketing, HR, Legal, and Operations.

• Experience building AI workflows or automation for business functions outside of engineering (e.g., finance automation, marketing operations, HR workflows).

• Experience deploying and operating AI systems in security- and IP-sensitive environments.

• Contributions to open-source AI tooling, agent frameworks, or developer tools.

is a technology start-up building technologies to transform the way the world moves. Join our talented team to be a part of the future and to make an impact! is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and accessible workplace for all our employees. We seek applicants of all backgrounds and identities, across race, color, ethnicity, national origin or ancestry, age, citizenship, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, military or veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or parental status, caregiver status, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law. We make workplace accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities as required by applicable law. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process please let our recruiting team know.

The US yearly salary range for this role is: $165,000 - $265,000 USD in addition to competitive perks & benefits. (US) Inc.'s yearly salary ranges are determined based on several factors in accordance with the Company's compensation practices. The salary base range is reflective of the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries for the position across all US locations. Note: The Company provides additional compensation for employees in this role, including equity incentive awards and an annual performance bonus.

Perks/Benefits:

• Competitive compensation and equity awards.
• Health and Wellness benefits encompassing Medical, Dental and Vision coverage (for full-time employees only).
• Unlimited Vacation.
• Flexible hours and Work from Home support.
• Daily drinks, snacks and catered meals (when in office).
• Regularly scheduled team building activities and social events both on-site, off-site & virtually.
• As we grow, this list continues to evolve!

, founded by AI visionary Raquel Urtasun, is the leader in Physical AI. With a world-class team, we're unlocking the next era of autonomous transportation with technology that's powering commercial autonomous trucks and robotaxis. is backed by and partners with world leaders in AI, automotive, logistics, and deep tech.With offices in Toronto, San Francisco, Dallas, and Pittsburgh, is growing quickly and looking for diverse, innovative and collaborative candidates who want to impact the world in a positive way. To learn more visit:

The latest advances in AI tooling is fundamentally changing all teams' ways of working - from ML model development, to traditional software development, to non-technical business functions. We are building a dedicated AI Technical Strike Team to establish centralized best practices for working with AI across with the aim of maximizing productivity. We are looking for hands-on senior software engineers to build the AI tooling, agents, and workflows that accelerate how we work. As a Software Engineer on the AI Tech Strike Team, you will design, build, and ship the tools that compound the productivity of every team at . The team will own a mix of core tooling work and deployed engagements, where members of the team work closely with functions across to understand their pain points and co-design AI workflows to maximize productivity.

You will...

• Design, build, and ship custom internal tooling, agents, and workflows tailored to - supporting our autonomy codebase, simulation environments, ML training pipelines, and research workflows, as well as agents and automations for business teams.

• Integrate and extend third-party AI tools - from coding assistants and agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) to AI tools for non-engineering functions - building the integrations, configurations, and internal extensions that make them work well for .

• Evaluate new AI tools, models, and agent frameworks as they emerge, run structured pilots, and provide clear technical recommendations that inform build-vs-buy decisions.

• Partner directly with engineers, researchers