AI Architect & Internal Platform Engineer

Salt; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Salt is seeking a hands-on engineer to be the architect, engineer, and product owner for AI initiatives across the business. You will work directly with operational leaders to identify inefficiencies, design scalable AI-powered solutions, build them, and continuously improve them after deployment.

This role is not a traditional software engineering position; you’ll own projects from idea through production, collaborating with stakeholders to drive AI transformation across multiple teams.

Qualifications

• Strong Node.js and React experience.
• Deep understanding of LLMs, AI agents, orchestration, and prompt engineering.
• Experience building production AI applications.
• Experience with workflow automation platforms (e.g., n8n).

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-first internal platforms.
• Translate business challenges into scalable technical solutions.
• Develop AI agents and workflow automation.
• Build operational dashboards and internal tools.
• Integrate AI with CRM, workflow, and third-party platforms.
• Own architecture, implementation, deployment, and adoption.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders.
• Drive AI transformation across teams.

Skills

Node.js

React

LLMs

AI agents

Workflow automation

API design

Cloud platforms

Communication

Independence

Tools

n8n

Job description

Salt is seeking a hands-on engineer to be the architect, engineer, and product owner for AI initiatives across the business. You will work directly with operational leaders to identify inefficiencies, design scalable AI-powered solutions, build them, and continuously improve them after deployment.

This role is not a traditional software engineering position; you’ll own projects from idea through production, collaborating with stakeholders to drive AI transformation across multiple teams.