Lead Software Engineer, AI Email App

ActAI; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

ActAI is seeking a senior engineering leader to drive the development of an AI-powered email application across backend, mobile, and desktop platforms. You will own system architecture, tooling, and production stability while guiding a team of senior engineers.

You will balance hands-on coding with strategic decisions on ML/LLM integration, observability, and API design to deliver reliable software at scale in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading complex product engineering and shipping production backend systems.
• Experience integrating modern ML/LLM capabilities into AI-powered products.

Responsibilities

• Lead the engineering layer to transform AI capabilities into a reliable email application across backend, mobile, and desktop platforms.
• Manage a team of senior engineers while remaining hands-on with architecture, code, and production stability.

Skills

Backend Engineering

AI Integration

System Architecture

API Design

Technical Leadership

Mobile Development

Desktop Development

LLM Integration

Observability

Monitoring

Code Review

Mentorship

Orchestration

Failure Handling

Product Engineering

Job description

Lead the engineering layer to transform AI capabilities into a reliable email application across backend, mobile, and desktop platforms. Manage a team of senior engineers while remaining hands‑on with architecture, code, and production stability.

Requirements

Requires significant experience leading complex product engineering and a strong background in shipping production backend systems. Candidates must have experience integrating modern ML/LLM capabilities into AI-powered products.

Key Skills

• Backend Engineering
• AI Integration
• System Architecture
• API Design
• Technical Leadership
• Mobile Development
• Desktop Development
• LLM Integration
• Observability
• Monitoring
• Code Review
• Mentorship
• Orchestration
• Failure Handling
• Product Engineering