Sr. AI Engineer

Tapcart; Santa Monica (CA); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 350,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly

Equity

401(k)

Flexible PTO

Home office stipend

Job summary

Tapcart is a mobile commerce engine powering Shopify’s fastest-growing brands. We value ownership, AI-driven product development, and craft. You’ll work directly with leadership to ship durable software across frontend, backend, and data layers, impacting hundreds of millions of users.

This role emphasizes architectural leadership, fast iteration, and collaboration with merchants to deliver value early while maintaining high engineering standards.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering and product work.
• Demonstrated skills across frontend, backend and database layers.
• A Github that is more green than black.

Responsibilities

• Architect and ship core product that feels durable, fast and clean. Work across multiple stacks to deliver impact.
• Design our proactive AI agent orchestration layers used by thousands of high growth brands
• Prototype new interaction patterns for human-agent collaboration
• Raise our bar for engineering craft, help with recruiting, and hold the line on quality
• Dogfood the platform and our apps every day :)

Skills

Frontend

Backend

Database

GitHub

Job description

At Tapcart, we believe every brand needs a direct relationship with their customers - one they actually own. We are the mobile commerce engine that powers shopping for Shopify's fastest-growing brands. $15B+ in revenue processed. 200M+ shoppers worldwide. Brands like Princess Polly, Béis, Forever 21, and Young LA rely on us to power a large portion of their revenue.

We're a lean team with minimal management and big autonomy. Everyone here builds and code is core to what we do - engineers, product, leadership. We use our own platform, we talk to merchants daily, and we ship constantly. Backed by Shopify, Silver Lake and other top VCs. Profitable and growing

If you want a place where you own real outcomes, not just tickets, you'll fit in.

Why you should join Tapcart, when you have a sea of other options?

• You want to work with colleagues who have high standards and who love building beautiful, performant software
• You prefer the dopamine of working on software that will get into hundreds of millions of users' hands, vs working on enterprise, forward-deployed software

We deeply care about using AI in our work. Don't proceed with applying if:

• You don't love agents / don't use them daily
• You don't value craft and cannot speak to software that inspires you

What you’ll be working on at Tapcart

• Architect and ship core product that feels durable, fast and clean. Work across multiple stacks to deliver impact.
• Design our proactive AI agent orchestration layers used by thousands of high growth brands
• Prototype new interaction patterns for human-agent collaboration
• Raise our bar for engineering craft, help with recruiting, and hold the line on quality
• Dogfood the platform and our apps every day :)

You will be a true owner, from prototype to production, and work side-by-side with the CEO, design, and key stakeholders, all while staying close to merchants to deliver value early and iterate quickly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of engineering and product work
• Demonstrated skills across frontend, backend and database layers
• A Github that is more green than black

Salary Range

$175,000 - $350,000 - we pay for exceptional

Benefits

Competitive salary and equity. Medical, dental, vision. 401(k). Flexible PTO. Remote-friendly. Home office stipend. Quarterly merchant stipend. Lots of swag drops