Onsite Senior AI Native Dev & Client Tech Lead

ISHIR; Plano (TX); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

ISHIR is hiring a Senior AI Native Developer for an on-site role in Plano, TX. You will drive hands-on development while serving as a client liaison and technical lead, collaborating with the client's CTO and distributed ISHIR teams.

You will ship AI features rapidly, translate business requirements into production code, and present to executive stakeholders with strong communication.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of hands-on software engineering experience, with at least 2 years building AI/ML or LLM-integrated products.
• Proven ability to work directly with clients — executive meetings and boardroom-level presentations.
• Strong full-stack background: React or equivalent frontend.
• Hands-on experience with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI) — prompt engineering, RAG, tool/function calling.
• Solid agile delivery experience: sprint planning, backlog grooming, coordinating distributed engineering teams.
• US-based with ability to travel on-site to client locations (primarily Dallas, TX area).
• Exceptional written and verbal communication — you write as clearly as you code.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary on-site technical for the client engagement — attend stand-ups, sprint reviews, and stakeholder sessions
• Represent ISHIR's delivery team with clarity and professionalism; communicate progress, risks, and decisions to CTO and CFO-level stakeholders
• Facilitate product discovery, requirements refinement, and architecture review sessions on-site
• Own the client relationship day-to-day, proactively flagging issues before they escalat

Skills

Hands-on software engineering (8+ yrs)

AI/ML or LLM-integrated products (2+ w

Client-facing experience

Full-stack with React

LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure)

Agile delivery

Travel-ready (US-based)

Tools

LangChain

LangGraph

AutoGen

Azure DevOps

CI/CD pipelines

Job description

ISHIR is hiring a Senior AI Native Developer for an on-site role in Plano, TX. You will drive hands-on development while serving as a client liaison and technical lead, collaborating with the client's CTO and distributed ISHIR teams.

You will ship AI features rapidly, translate business requirements into production code, and present to executive stakeholders with strong communication.