AI-Powered Backend Product Engineer

Monaco; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Monaco in San Francisco is hiring an AI Backend Product Engineer to help build Monaco's core AI product. You'll work on the AI team, collaborating with product and design to turn fuzzy ideas into real features that customers use every day.

This is a hands-on role with ownership from prototype to production. We value curiosity about modern AI, readiness to experiment with models and tools, and the ability to move quickly in a high-autonomy, high-pace environment.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience building product-driven software.
• Proficient in at least one modern language (JS/TS, Go); Python exposure.
• Experience with web frameworks, APIs, and cloud infrastructure.
• Strong product instincts and comfort working through ambiguous problems.
• Curious, practical, and excited about building with AI—AI features shipped or exploratory work welcome.
• Willing to learn quickly as the AI ecosystem evolves; prior AI/ML experience not required.

Responsibilities

• Build and ship product features end to end across the stack.
• Partner with product and design to solve real customer problems.
• Explore where AI can dramatically improve existing workflows or enable new experiences.
• Prototype with modern AI models and APIs and turn experiments into reliable features.
• Keep systems fast, reliable, and easy to iterate on.
• Use AI-powered development tools to increase leverage and improve how we build software.
• Improve dev workflows, tooling, and deployment over time.

Skills

JavaScript/TypeScript

Go

Python exposure

Tools

Web frameworks

APIs

Cloud infrastructure

Job description

Monaco in San Francisco is hiring an AI Backend Product Engineer to help build Monaco's core AI product. You'll work on the AI team, collaborating with product and design to turn fuzzy ideas into real features that customers use every day.

This is a hands-on role with ownership from prototype to production. We value curiosity about modern AI, readiness to experiment with models and tools, and the ability to move quickly in a high-autonomy, high-pace environment.