Sr Staff AI Engineer
Job Description
Lead AI-first architecture and enterprise delivery across full-stack, cloud-native systems for applied AI initiatives.
Responsibilities
- Define architectural vision and technical direction for AI-first enterprise applications and platforms across multiple business domains
- Own architecture and delivery of complex cross-team systems spanning full-stack applications, cloud-native services, and applied AI
- Create reusable engineering standards, reference architectures, and shared capabilities for AI-first systems, including agentic workflows and RAG
- Collaborate with senior leaders to convert ambiguous, high-impact problems into clear technical strategies and influence broader direction
- Advance AI-native engineering practices and modern development workflows using tools such as Cursor and Claude Code to improve engineering velocity
- Mentor senior engineers, raise engineering standards, and expand technical impact across the organization
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience
- Minimum 8 years of software engineering experience with demonstrated technical leadership on complex, production-scale systems
- Deep expertise in full-stack and distributed systems engineering
- Proven experience setting architecture and technical direction across multiple services, applications, or engineering teams
- Production experience designing and building AI-integrated systems using LLMs, RAG, tool calling, and agentic workflows
- Strong understanding of AI evaluation, guardrails, model reliability, security, latency, and production observability
- Strong understanding of APIs, enterprise data, system integration, cloud-native architecture, and production operations
- Ability to translate ambiguous business problems into clear technical architectures and execution strategies
- Track record establishing technical standards and influencing senior engineers and cross-functional stakeholders
Technologies
- Cursor, Claude Code
- TypeScript, Node.js, NestJS, React, Python, SQL
- LLMs, RAG, vector databases, LangChain, LangGraph, MCP
- Docker, Kubernetes
Team
- Information Technology builds and maintains enterprise systems, infrastructure, and applications that power company business workflows and operations
Preferred Qualifications
- Proficiency in TypeScript, Node.js/NestJS, React, Python, and SQL
- Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, semantic search, retrieval, and context engineering
- Experience with LangChain/LangGraph, MCP, A2A protocols, and production agentic architectures
- Experience establishing evaluation frameworks, LLM security controls, prompt injection defenses, and input/output validation
- Experience with applied machine learning, data science, predictive modeling, or statistical analysis techniques
- Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, event-driven systems, and modern cloud infrastructure
- Experience using AI-native development environments such as Cursor, Claude Code, or Windsurf in professional workflows
- Experience building reusable enterprise platforms or shared technical capabilities adopted across multiple teams
Location
- Santa Clara, CA (onsite)
Compensation
- USD 163,200 - 264,000 per year
Immigration Sponsorship
- Yes