Staff AI Engineer: AI-Driven Backend Leader

Dormont Manufacturing Co; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 194,670 - 243,500; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401k

Paid time off

Stock options

Job summary

Collective Health seeks a Staff Engineer based in San Francisco to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native backend and AI systems. This leadership role focuses on driving integration of AI into real-world business operations while mentoring engineers and influencing technical strategies.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in building complex backend systems with strong expertise in Java and Python. Benefits include stock options, health insurance, and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience building scalable, distributed backend systems and platforms.
• Strong expertise in Java/Spring Boot and/or Python.
• Hands-on experience with cloud-native architectures.
• Experience designing and operating integration-heavy systems.

Responsibilities

• Set the technical vision and drive architecture for scalable backend and AI systems.
• Lead development of high-throughput data pipelines for AI use cases.
• Mentor senior engineers and influence technical strategy across teams.

Skills

Experience with Java/Spring Boot

Experience with Python

Data pipeline development

Microservices architecture

Cloud-native architecture

Hands-on experience in AI/ML integration

Event-driven systems design

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

GCP

Kubernetes

Docker

PostgreSQL

Job description

Collective Health seeks a Staff Engineer based in San Francisco to lead the design and delivery of scalable, cloud-native backend and AI systems. This leadership role focuses on driving integration of AI into real-world business operations while mentoring engineers and influencing technical strategies.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of experience in building complex backend systems with strong expertise in Java and Python. Benefits include stock options, health insurance, and a competitive salary package.