Senior AI Engineer - Remote-First | Equity + 4-Day Week

Kuali, Inc.; United States; On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first work

Top‑of‑the‑line equipment

Premium medical & dental coverage

401(k) matching

Employee stock option plan

Paid parental leave

Generous PTO

Learning and development support

ERGs and community events

Job summary

Kuali, Inc. seeks a Senior AI Engineer to own a critical subsystem within the Research product area, directing AI coding agents to build scalable, reliable enterprise SaaS capabilities.

You will set architectural direction, define how agentic development is practiced, and serve as a technical anchor for other engineers. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver AI-native features that meet real-world research administration needs, while mentoring teammates and

Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in product ownership, business analysis, or software delivery.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum principles and backlog management.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills across technical and non‑technical teams.
• Ability to translate complex workflows into clear, actionable requirements.
• Passion for improving research administration processes and higher‑education outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Own the product backlog for Kuali Research, ensuring clarity, prioritization, and alignment with strategic goals.
• Translate customer feedback, institutional requirements, and product vision into actionable user stories and acceptance criteria.
• Collaborate daily with engineering and design teams to ensure timely, high‑quality delivery.
• Partner with Product Managers to refine roadmap priorities and validate outcomes against customer needs.
• Support release planning, sprint reviews, and retrospectives to drive continuous improvement.
• Serve as the voice of the customer within the scrum team, ensuring solutions meet real‑world research administration challenges.
• Monitor product performance and collaborate on data‑driven decisions to enhance usability and adoption.

Skills

Product ownership

Agile/Scrum

Communication

Requirements gathering

Mentoring engineers

Distributed systems

Tools

AWS

React

Node.js

REST/GraphQL

Elixir

Kafka

Job description

Kuali, Inc. seeks a Senior AI Engineer to own a critical subsystem within the Research product area, directing AI coding agents to build scalable, reliable enterprise SaaS capabilities.

You will set architectural direction, define how agentic development is practiced, and serve as a technical anchor for other engineers. You will collaborate with product, design, and engineering teams to deliver AI-native features that meet real-world research administration needs, while mentoring teammates and