Staff AI Engineer: Build Production-Grade AI Systems

CyberCoders

New York (NY)

On-site

USD 200,000 - 400,000

Full time

9 days ago
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Job summary

CyberCoders is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, AI, in New York City to build and deploy production-ready AI applications. This hands-on role requires taking ownership from design through production for core systems.

You will design and ship backend services, APIs, and integrations, work across engineering and product teams, and drive architecture, standards, and best practices while staying deeply involved in code.

Qualifications

  • Strong software engineering fundamentals
  • Experience owning technical initiatives
  • Proficiency with Python, TypeScript, or similar languages
  • Experience designing backend services and APIs
  • Hands-on with AI technologies and LLMs
  • Cloud deployment experience
  • Startup or fast-growing environment experience
  • Excellent communication and collaboration skills
  • Bachelor's or advanced degree in a related technical field

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and deploy production-grade software and AI applications
  • Own major technical initiatives from architecture to production
  • Develop backend services, APIs, integrations, and infrastructure
  • Build systems that incorporate large language models and modern AI tech
  • Integrate AI capabilities with existing apps, data sources, and business systems
  • Improve reliability, scalability, performance, and quality of production apps
  • Evaluate new technologies and their potential impact on products and workflows
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate complex requirements into working software
  • Help establish architecture patterns, engineering standards, and best practices
  • Provide technical leadership while remaining hands-on with development

Skills

Python
TypeScript
Backend services
Distributed apps
Cloud deployments
AI systems

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

CyberCoders is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, AI, in New York City to build and deploy production-ready AI applications. This hands-on role requires taking ownership from design through production for core systems.

You will design and ship backend services, APIs, and integrations, work across engineering and product teams, and drive architecture, standards, and best practices while staying deeply involved in code.

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