Senior Staff Engineer & AI Innovation Lead (Remote)

NEPSE Trading; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 187,000; Full time

Job summary

SmartLogic is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer & AI Innovation Lead who will own the health and direction of our engineering organization while remaining hands-on as a Staff Engineer on client work. This blended role sets technical standards, advances AI-enabled development, and coaches engineers across projects.

You will partner with the COO to communicate progress, drive scalable cloud architectures (AWS/Azure), CI/CD, observability, and AI tooling adoption with measurable impact across the

Qualifications

• Proven experience in senior engineering leadership and AI strategy.
• Hands-on development with Elixir and modern stacks.
• Ability to mentor multiple project teams and coordinate with product stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical health and direction of SmartLogic's engineering practice.
• Lead company-wide AI adoption and create a measurable skill strategy.
• Co-lead project delivery with PMs, ensuring on-time, on-budget results.
• Design scalable cloud architectures and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Staff Engineering

AI Innovation

Technology Leadership

Software Consulting

Technical Architecture

Elixir

Tools

AWS

Azure

Job description

SmartLogic is seeking a Senior Staff Engineer & AI Innovation Lead who will own the health and direction of our engineering organization while remaining hands-on as a Staff Engineer on client work. This blended role sets technical standards, advances AI-enabled development, and coaches engineers across projects.

You will partner with the COO to communicate progress, drive scalable cloud architectures (AWS/Azure), CI/CD, observability, and AI tooling adoption with measurable impact across the