Remote Lead AI Software Engineer - Architect & ML Leader

BigCommerce Pty.; Austin (TX); Remote; USD 163,000 - 245,000; Full time

Job summary

Commerce is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - AI to architect and guide production AI services, collaborating with product and engineering leadership to translate business goals into scalable AI solutions. This hands-on role blends architectural leadership with coding in Go and prototyping in Python.

You will shape design patterns, enforce cost-aware and reliable operations, and mentor senior engineers while ensuring high impact across all AI initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Strong proficiency in Go and production-grade API services.
• Proficiency in Python for experimentation and prototyping.
• 3+ years building AI/ML systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve architectural direction for AI services.
• Lead design for major AI programs and establish guidelines.
• Build scalable, API-driven AI services in Go.
• Mentor Senior AI Engineers through design reviews.
• Collaborate with Staff Engineers for architectural alignment.

Skills

Go

Python

AI/ML

LLM ecosystems

APIs

Cloud architecture

Mentorship

Tools

MCP servers

Vector databases

Inference systems

OpenAI / Anthropic / Hugging Face

Job description

Commerce is seeking a Lead Software Engineer - AI to architect and guide production AI services, collaborating with product and engineering leadership to translate business goals into scalable AI solutions. This hands-on role blends architectural leadership with coding in Go and prototyping in Python.

You will shape design patterns, enforce cost-aware and reliable operations, and mentor senior engineers while ensuring high impact across all AI initiatives.