AI Lead Engineer: Architect & Scale AI Services (Remote)

Commerce; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 163,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Commerce is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - AI to define and drive the architectural direction of AI services, partnering with product and engineering leadership to translate business goals into scalable, reliable AI solutions. You will blend hands-on development with architectural oversight, mentoring engineers and ensuring cost-aware, production-ready implementations.

The role emphasizes Go-based API services, Python experimentation, and deep experience with LLM ecosystems, RAG workflows,

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong Go and Python proficiency for production-grade services.
• Experience building AI/ML systems in production environments.
• Strong experience with modern LLM ecosystems (OpenAI, Anthropic, Hugging Face).
• Deep understanding of LLM-based solution patterns, including RAG, schema-driven generation, and orchestration workflows.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architectural direction for AI services and initiatives.
• Lead high-level and low-level design for major AI programs.
• Establish architectural patterns and technical guidelines that other engineers follow.
• Build and evolve scalable, API-driven AI services in Go.
• Develop LLM-based solutions, including classification, extraction, structured generation, and RAG workflows.
• Drive rapid experimentation and prototyping (often in Python), ensuring production-ready implementations.
• Define and enforce standards for evaluation, cost-awareness, and operational reliability across AI systems.
• Mentor Senior AI Engineers through design reviews and technical guidance.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers when broader architectural alignment is required.

Skills

Go (GoLang)

Python

AI/ML systems

LLM ecosystems

Retrieval-Augmented Generation

Schema-driven generation

Cloud platforms

Vector databases

SQL

API design

Tools

APIs

Distributed systems

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Commerce is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - AI to define and drive the architectural direction of AI services, partnering with product and engineering leadership to translate business goals into scalable, reliable AI solutions. You will blend hands-on development with architectural oversight, mentoring engineers and ensuring cost-aware, production-ready implementations.

The role emphasizes Go-based API services, Python experimentation, and deep experience with LLM ecosystems, RAG workflows,