Staff Engineer: Lead AI-Native, End-to-End Product Impact

Altana AI; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 175,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits

401(k) Savings

Flexible Time Off

Parental Leave

Commuter Benefits

Wellness Program

Pet Insurance

Employee Assistance Program

Dependent Care FSA

Job summary

Altana is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead a small team building AI-native features that ship and are adopted by customers. You’ll embed with product and design, engage with users, and drive end-to-end outcomes from initial conversation to telemetry six months later.

You will mentor engineers, set architectural direction, and balance speed with maintainability. This role supports hybrid work across our US and international hub locations.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying production code to cloud-hosted environments.
• Proven ability to deliver incremental releases from concept to production.
• Strong communication and leadership across teams.
• Demonstrated focus on customer outcomes and engineering quality.
• Experience mentoring engineers on complex projects.

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team turning hypotheses into shipped features.
• Embed with product and design; engage with users for feedback.
• Set technical direction and review designs with high standards.
• Balance speed, maintainability, and customer impact.
• Drive end-to-end ownership from concept to telemetry.

Skills

Cloud deployments

End-to-end ownership

Mentoring engineers

Hypothesis-driven development

Technical decision-making

Customer collaboration

Tools

Python

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

OpenAPI/Swagger

AWS/Azure

MLFlow

Databricks/Delta Lakes

Job description

Altana is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead a small team building AI-native features that ship and are adopted by customers. You’ll embed with product and design, engage with users, and drive end-to-end outcomes from initial conversation to telemetry six months later.

You will mentor engineers, set architectural direction, and balance speed with maintainability. This role supports hybrid work across our US and international hub locations.