Staff AI Engineer — Leadership Coaching Conversational AI

Valence; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Paid Time Off

Company-wide R&R shutdowns

Paid Parental Leave

Retirement Plan Support

Equity

Job summary

Valence is seeking an experienced software engineer to architect and build enterprise-grade AI and conversational systems in New York. You will design and refine LLM-based components, integrate diverse data sources, and improve contextual understanding and output quality across leadership coaching workflows.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, cloud deployment, and NLP fundamentals, with a focus on scalable, reliable AI services and robust data pipelines for real-time conversational

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience in AI/ML or data-intensive systems.
• Postgraduate degree preferred; strong foundation in NLP and conversational interfaces.
• Proficient with core data science tools, cloud deployment and distributed systems.

Skills

Generative AI

Large Language Models

Natural Language Processing

Python

NumPy

Scikit-learn

Pandas

PySpark

SQL

AWS

GCP

Azure

Docker

Kubernetes

Distributed Systems

Conversational AI

Education

Postgraduate degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

GCP

Azure

PySpark

Job description

Valence is seeking an experienced software engineer to architect and build enterprise-grade AI and conversational systems in New York. You will design and refine LLM-based components, integrate diverse data sources, and improve contextual understanding and output quality across leadership coaching workflows.

The role emphasizes distributed systems, cloud deployment, and NLP fundamentals, with a focus on scalable, reliable AI services and robust data pipelines for real-time conversational