Senior AI & Full-Stack Engineer - Remote

Kion; Columbia (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first culture

Excellent compensation & benefits

401(k) contribution

Unlimited PTO

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Kion is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to evolve our core product with AI-enabled capabilities and secure cloud operations. You will design and implement scalable features that empower customers to manage complex environments efficiently.

You will collaborate with designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to transform ideas into user-friendly solutions, build MCP-connected tools, and contribute to architectural decisions across the stack (Angular frontend, Go backend).

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience building scalable web applications.
• Familiarity with MCP or similar protocols to connect AI models with tools, data, and services.
• Understanding AI risks including hallucinations, prompt injection, data leakage, and access control.
• Proficiency with a modern front-end framework (Angular, React, or Vue).
• Experience with back-end development (Go, Java, Python, Ruby, Node.js, C#).
• Experience designing and integrating with APIs.
• Strong knowledge of relational databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL) and API design.
• Familiarity with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
• Ability to plan and own features end-to-end and collaborate effectively in Agile teams.
• Experience working with ambiguity in a fast-paced development environment.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with designers and product managers to transform ideas into user-friendly solutions.
• Develop AI-powered product capabilities.
• Build and integrate MCP servers, clients, and tools that connect AI models with Kion data and capabilities.
• Establish evaluation and observability practices for AI features, including accuracy, relevance, hallucination risk, token usage, latency, and customer impact.
• Contribute to architectural decisions across the application.
• Build and maintain scalable front-end components and API services.
• Contribute to architectural decisions across the stack (Angular front-end, Go backend).
• Improve code quality, usability, and extensibility through thoughtful engineering practices.
• Participate in planning, estimation, and scoping for new features and enhancements.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth development lifecycle and high-quality deliverables.
• Own the planning, development, testing, and delivery of a feature from end-to-end.

Skills

Experience building scalable web apps

MCP protocol familiarity

AI model risk awareness

Frontend framework (Angular/React/Vue)

Backend development (Go/Java/Python)

API design

Relational databases (MySQL/PostgreSQL

Cloud providers (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Agile teamwork

Ambiguity tolerance

Education

Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

Angular

Golang

REST APIs

Job description

Kion is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to evolve our core product with AI-enabled capabilities and secure cloud operations. You will design and implement scalable features that empower customers to manage complex environments efficiently.

You will collaborate with designers, product managers, and fellow engineers to transform ideas into user-friendly solutions, build MCP-connected tools, and contribute to architectural decisions across the stack (Angular frontend, Go backend).