Senior AI-Driven Full-Stack Engineer - End-to-End Ownership

Medium; Indore (WV); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Medium seeks a Senior Full Stack AI Engineer to join a small, high-impact team at the intersection of product engineering and AI-driven solutions. You will own ideas to production, spanning backend, frontend, architecture, and AI-enabled features.

You’ll work on improving an existing Python-based application and building new AI-powered solutions, prototyping and shipping quickly while applying strong engineering judgment and best practices.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Python production experience.
• 5+ years of system design and architecture experience, including trade-offs.
• Hands-on experience with AI-assisted development tools (e.g., Codex, Claude) in real workflows.
• 3+ years of experience integrating APIs, including AI or data-driven services.
• 3+ years of frontend experience with React and modern JavaScript/HTML.
• 3+ years of experience owning features or products end-to-end, from concept to delivery.
• Strong understanding of SDLC, engineering best practices, and code quality standards.
• 2+ years of experience prototyping quickly and delivering at pace.
• 5+ years of stakeholder communication and translating business needs into technical solutions.
• 2+ years of UX flows and usability principles.
• 3+ years of experience with databases and data modeling.
• 3+ years of experience handling data pipelines or ETL processes.

Responsibilities

• Translate ambiguous stakeholder requirements into structured solutions, user flows, and deliverables
• Design system architecture, making decisions around scalability, maintainability, and security
• Build and deliver end-to-end features across frontend and backend with full ownership
• Rapidly prototype AI-enabled solutions and evolve them into production-ready systems
• Improve and scale an existing Python-based application, addressing backlog, performance, and UX gaps
• Define and implement UX flows and usability improvements (not visual design, but user journeys)
• Integrate with APIs, including AI-driven services, and design robust data flows
• Apply secure development practices and ensure systems are reliable and maintainable
• Balance speed of delivery with long-term engineering quality and structure
• Contribute to and elevate engineering practices (architecture, SDLC, testing) through hands-on work
• Collaborate with stakeholders and team members while operating with a high degree of independence

Skills

Python

System design

AI-assisted development

API integration

Data modeling

End-to-end ownership

Tools

React

JavaScript

Job description

Medium seeks a Senior Full Stack AI Engineer to join a small, high-impact team at the intersection of product engineering and AI-driven solutions. You will own ideas to production, spanning backend, frontend, architecture, and AI-enabled features.

You’ll work on improving an existing Python-based application and building new AI-powered solutions, prototyping and shipping quickly while applying strong engineering judgment and best practices.