Staff Software Engineer - AI Product Lead (Onsite NY)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Autonomy

AI tooling access

Learning opportunities

Job summary

Global Data Network is seeking a Staff-level player-coach in New York, onsite 4 days a week. You’ll own the scope, architecture, implementation and production results for a core product domain, blending hands-on building with raising the bar for the team.

You’ll bring 7–10 years of software leadership, deep full-stack TypeScript (Node.js, React, Tailwind, Postgres), and proven AI/LLM feature delivery. Strong collaboration and clear communication are essential as you drive technical excellence.

Qualifications

• 7–10 years building and shipping software products, including real coding experience from before AI tools existed.
• Proven, sustained Staff-level ownership of a product domain.
• Deep full-stack TypeScript: Node.js, React, Tailwind, Postgres data modeling and API design.
• Production AI and LLM features you have shipped yourself: agents, RAG, tool-calling, streaming.
• A direct but kind communication style, and the confidence to push back on senior leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own the scope, architecture, implementation and production results for a core product domain.

Skills

Full-stack TS

Staff ownership

Node.js

React

Tailwind

Postgres data model

API design

AI features shipped

Communication

Tools

Vercel AI SDK

Mastra

VoltAgent

TanStack Router

TanStack Query

Durable workflows

Trigger.dev/Temporal

Job description

Global Data Network is seeking a Staff-level player-coach in New York, onsite 4 days a week. You’ll own the scope, architecture, implementation and production results for a core product domain, blending hands-on building with raising the bar for the team.

You’ll bring 7–10 years of software leadership, deep full-stack TypeScript (Node.js, React, Tailwind, Postgres), and proven AI/LLM feature delivery. Strong collaboration and clear communication are essential as you drive technical excellence.