Aspiring AI Engineer - Remote, Production-Ready Projects

AJAIA; United States; Remote; USD 9,000 - 11,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Remote work

Paid time off

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

Ajaia, a rapidly growing AI consultancy and product studio, is hiring a Junior AI Engineer to build AI-enabled software on client engagements and internal products, working with senior engineers who review your work and help you grow. You’ll take clearly scoped tasks and deliver production code across web interfaces, backend services, LLM integrations, and AI-driven workflows.

This is an early-career role, fully remote, with Eastern Time hours and a focus on learning, quality, and real

Qualifications

• 0–2 years of professional experience or a strong portfolio.
• Frontend in React/Next.js and backend in Python/Node.js.
• Experience with REST, SQL, and authentication.
• Experience calling a large language model API.
• Git/GitHub proficiency and daily collaboration.
• Clear written and spoken English with technical colleagues.
• Daily use of AI tools for coding and learning.
• Eagerness to learn and take feedback quickly.

Responsibilities

• Build and fix frontend and backend features for AI-enabled apps.
• Integrate large language model APIs and simple AI workflows.
• Write clean, tested code and participate in code reviews.
• Work with APIs, databases, and cloud deployments on defined tasks.
• Use AI tools for coding support, debugging, and documentation.
• Ask clarifying questions early and escalate blockers.
• Maintain documentation, tickets, and status updates.
• Learn engineering patterns and apply them consistently.

Skills

React/Next.js

Python/Node.js

REST APIs

SQL databases

Git/GitHub

Tools

OpenAI API

AWS

PostgreSQL

Job description

Ajaia, a rapidly growing AI consultancy and product studio, is hiring a Junior AI Engineer to build AI-enabled software on client engagements and internal products, working with senior engineers who review your work and help you grow. You’ll take clearly scoped tasks and deliver production code across web interfaces, backend services, LLM integrations, and AI-driven workflows.

This is an early-career role, fully remote, with Eastern Time hours and a focus on learning, quality, and real