Staff AI Engineer — Enterprise AI for Real Estate Platforms

Fifth Dimension; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Meaningful equity

Competitive salary

Job summary

Fifth Dimension is a London and New York based startup delivering AI-powered solutions for document-heavy industries. We seek an expert software engineer who can architect solutions, apply AI to real business problems, and mentor others while collaborating with commercial teams.

You’ll design scalable AI capabilities, own complete lifecycles from inquiry to adoption, and drive high-impact features such as data extraction and automated document analysis.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-growth startups or fast-paced tech environments.
• Track record building software in organizations with strong engineering practices.
• History of owning end-to-end product development from definition to delivery and customer adoption.
• Strong Python skills with a track record of shipping customer-facing features on critical paths.
• Experience building and maintaining high-quality APIs and integrations.
• Proficiency with AI coding assistance tools (Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Claude Code).
• Intellectual curiosity and honesty—digging deep into problems and sharing findings openly.
• Proven ability to make technical decisions that balance immediate user needs with long-term architecture.
• Exceptional communication abilities for explaining complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Ambition and resilience in a seed-stage company tackling ambitious challenges.
• Commercial awareness—delivering continuous value to customers is essential.
• Passion for personal growth and continuous learning.

Responsibilities

• Own core product components and balance technical excellence with business impact.
• Deliver end-to-end features from concept to production deployment and customer adoption.
• Collaborate with product and commercial teams to translate customer needs into robust solutions.
• Leverage AI coding tools to accelerate development workflows.
• Lead development of features solving our customers' most complex challenges: advanced data extraction, workflow automation, and multi-step content generation.
• Implement data privacy and security by design.
• Mentor other engineers and establish engineering best practices.

Skills

Python

APIs

AI coding tools

Software architecture

Mentoring engineers

Communication

Tools

Claude Code

Cursor

GitHub Copilot

Job description

Fifth Dimension is a London and New York based startup delivering AI-powered solutions for document-heavy industries. We seek an expert software engineer who can architect solutions, apply AI to real business problems, and mentor others while collaborating with commercial teams.

You’ll design scalable AI capabilities, own complete lifecycles from inquiry to adoption, and drive high-impact features such as data extraction and automated document analysis.