AI-Native Staff Engineer

Intone Inc; United States; Remote; USD 96,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

Intone Inc. is seeking an AI-Native Staff Engineer for a 6-month remote contract. You will operate in an AI-native delivery model, writing production-grade code with Claude and similar tools, then owning and refining it to production readiness.

You will collaborate with a small AI-Native team, review AI-generated code for performance, security, and maintainability, and communicate effectively with executive leadership while guiding engineering best practices.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI-native tooling (Claude/Copilot) across full stack.
• Strong software architecture and design skills.
• Proficient in code review and governance practices.
• Experience with Oracle and PostgreSQL database design.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain production-grade software using AI-assisted workflows.
• Review and refine AI-generated code for correctness and security.
• Design clean APIs and backend services.
• Collaborate with AI-Native Tech Architect(s) and stakeholders.
• Collaborate across teams to deliver features end-to-end.

Skills

Software architecture

Code review

Executive communication

Database design

Tools

Claude

Copilot

Job description

This is a 6-month contract role for an AI-Native Staff Engineer, working remotely. You will operate within an AI-native delivery model where engineers use Claude and similar tools to generate large volumes of production-bound code across the full stack, then own, review, and refine that code to production readiness. As a senior individual contributor and team guide, you will design, implement, test, and iterate on high-quality software alongside a small, focused AI-Native team. This role is not focused on training AI models or building machine learning pipelines; instead, it emphasizes building software efficiently, safely, and at high quality using AI-assisted engineering practices. You must be able to communicate effectively with executive leadership.

Responsibilities

• Build and enhance production-grade software applications using AI-assisted development workflows, translating product and technical requirements into working, maintainable code.
• Use AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, refactoring, and documentation.
• Review, validate, and refine AI-generated code to ensure correctness, performance, security, and maintainability.
• Design and implement clean, well-structured APIs, services, and application components.
• Contribute to scalable backend systems and full-stack solutions as required by the team.
• Apply sound engineering judgment to balance speed, quality, and long-term maintainability.
• Participate in design discussions and technical reviews within the team.
• Orchestrate the effective use of AI tools across code generation, refactoring, test creation, debugging, and documentation.
• Follow and help refine AI-native engineering standards established by the Tech Lead.
• Contribute feedback and improvements to AI-assisted workflows and development practices.
• Collaborate closely with the AI-Native Tech Architect(s) to implement architectural and engineering best practices.
• Work effectively within a small AI-Native team to deliver features end-to-end.
• Coordinate with adjacent teams as needed for integration, dependencies, and shared services.
• Communicate technical issues and tradeoffs clearly to engineering and product stakeholders.

Qualifications

Required

• Demonstrated experience with AI-native tooling such as Claude, Copilot, or equivalent, spanning backend services, frontend components, APIs, workflows, and test code.
• Strong expertise in software architecture and design.
• Proficiency in code review and governance practices.
• Experience with database design (Oracle, PostgreSQL).
• Ability to communicate effectively with executive leadership and technical stakeholders.