Senior AI Application Engineer

leantechio; Washington; On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid sick leave

PTO (2 weeks)

Vacation days (15)

Medical & Dental benefits

Company-paid holidays

FMLA leave

Bonus eligibility

401(k) with employer matching

Severance benefits

Job summary

Global Technology Services seeks a Senior AI Application Engineer to build modern web apps with React, Node.js and TypeScript, focusing on e‑commerce platforms and high‑performance APIs.

You will contribute to AI‑driven software initiatives, including AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and AI‑assisted development workflows, applying tool calling and MCP concepts to real projects.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering with strong full‑stack experience.
• Strong hands-on React experience.
• Strong backend development with Node.js.
• Advanced knowledge of TypeScript and modern JavaScript.
• Designing and developing RESTful APIs and distributed services.
• Low-latency, high-throughput APIs experience.
• Event-driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
• Messaging systems such as Kafka, SQS/SNS, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Designing scalable distributed systems and microservices.
• E-commerce systems experience and related domains.

Responsibilities

• We are seeking an AI Application Engineer to build modern web apps using React, Node.js and TypeScript.
• Contribute to AI-driven software initiatives, including AI agents and MCP workflows.
• Collaborate on performance‑focused API design and distributed services.
• Apply MCP concepts and AI tooling to real-world software problems.

Skills

React

Node.js

TypeScript

RESTful APIs

Distributed services

Event-driven

Kafka

Microservices

API performance

E‑commerce

CI/CD

AI-assisted tooling

MCP familiarity

Tools

GraphQL

Kubernetes

Kafka at scale

Job description

Company Overview:

Global Technology Services is a rapidly expanding organization situated in Medellín, Colombia. We pride ourselves on possessing one of the most influential networks within software development and IT services for the entertainment, financial, and logistics sectors. Our corporate projections offer a multitude of opportunities for professionals to elevate their careers and experience substantial growth. Joining our team means engaging with expansive engineering teams across Latin America, Philippines and the United States, contributing to cutting-edge developments in multiple industries.

Position Title:

AI Application Engineer

Category:

Software Engineering

Seniority:

Senior

Location:

Long Beach, CA, USA.

What you will be doing:

We are looking for a AI Application Engineer with strong hands‑on experience building modern web applications using React, Node.js, and TypeScript. The ideal candidate has a strong background in e‑commerce platforms, event‑driven architectures, and the development of high‑performance, low‑latency APIs.

This role will contribute to AI‑driven software development initiatives, including AI agents, Model Context Protocol (MCP), and AI‑assisted development workflows. Candidates should understand how these technologies work and be comfortable applying them to real‑world software engineering problems.

Required Skills & Experience

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience with significant full-stack development experience.
• Strong hands‑on experience with React.
• Strong backend development experience with Node.js.
• Advanced knowledge of TypeScript and modern JavaScript.
• Strong experience designing and developing RESTful APIs and distributed services.
• Experience building low‑latency, high‑throughput APIs.
• Strong understanding of event‑driven architecture and asynchronous processing.
• Experience with messaging/event‑streaming technologies such as Kafka, AWS SQS/SNS, RabbitMQ, or similar.
• Experience designing scalable, distributed systems and microservices.
• Strong understanding of API performance, caching, concurrency, resiliency, and scalability.
• Professional experience working on e‑commerce systems or platforms.
• Familiarity with e‑commerce domains such as product catalog, inventory, pricing, shopping cart, checkout, orders, payments, customers, or fulfillment.
• Strong understanding of software engineering best practices, testing, code quality, and CI/CD.
• Familiarity with spec‑driven development or contract‑first approaches to software development.
• Experience using modern AI‑assisted development tools and workflows.
• Understanding of AI agents, tool calling, LLM integrations, and agent orchestration.
• Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) and how it can connect AI agents to tools and data.

Nice to Have Skills

• Experience with GraphQL.
• Experience with Kafka at scale.
• Experience with Kubernetes.

Soft Skills

• Strong problem‑solving and debugging skills
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of projects
• Strong communication skills.
• Process ownership

Benefits

• 6 paid sick days (48 hours) per year
• 2 weeks of Paid Time Off (PTO), available after 90 days of employment
• 15 paid vacation days annually
• Medical & Dental Benefits for the employee. Eligibility begins on the first day of the month following thirty (30) calendar days of continuous employment
• Company-paid holidays
• FMLA leave in accordance with applicable regulations
• Eligibility for a discretionary performance bonus
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching
• Severance benefits, if applicable

Salary Range:

170,000 - 200,000 USD