Senior AI Engineer & Technical Lead (Remote)

Rootstrap; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship Program

Learning Bonus

Remote with flexible schedule

Gym benefits

Psychological counseling

Lunch reimbursements

Onboarding kit

Prizes for achievements

Rootstrap University

Job summary

Rootstrap is hiring an AI Staff Engineer to lead the design and delivery of AI-powered products for clients. You will work directly with clients, shape AI solutions, and contribute technically from discovery to production deployment.

The role blends software engineering, AI expertise, and leadership across projects and pre-sales activities. You will act as a hands-on developer on client projects while guiding technical decisions and mentoring peers, with opportunities to work across multiple

Qualifications

• 6+ years of software engineering experience.
• Strong Python and backend development skills.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, RAG systems, agents.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience building AI-powered applications.
• Client-facing experience and strong communication.

Responsibilities

• Design and build AI-powered applications using LLMs, RAG, agents, and related technologies.
• Hands-on engineer within client projects, contributing code and technical leadership.
• Help clients understand options, tradeoffs, and opportunities.
• Participate in technical discoveries, solution design, and architecture discussions.
• Support pre-sales with technical validation and solution recommendations.
• Guide engineering teams through complex technical challenges.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Engineering to deliver high-quality solutions.
• Share knowledge and mentor other engineers.

Skills

Software engineering

Python

AI/ML development

LLMs/RAG/agents

Cloud platforms

Client-facing

Technical leadership

API development

Pre-sales support

Mentoring

Tools

MLOps

Observability

AI evaluation frameworks

Multi-agent systems

API design

Job description

Rootstrap is hiring an AI Staff Engineer to lead the design and delivery of AI-powered products for clients. You will work directly with clients, shape AI solutions, and contribute technically from discovery to production deployment.

The role blends software engineering, AI expertise, and leadership across projects and pre-sales activities. You will act as a hands-on developer on client projects while guiding technical decisions and mentoring peers, with opportunities to work across multiple