Lead AI Software Engineer

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Austin, Texastime type:
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Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition  Responsibilities
** Technical Leadership & Team Enablement
*** Act as the technical lead for one or more teams, setting engineering direction and ensuring high technical standards.
* Provide hands-on architectural guidance, unblocking complex technical challenges, and reviewing critical designs.
* Mentor Senior and Mid-level Engineers through structured coaching, design reviews, and ongoing technical feedback.
* Drive and facilitate technical decision-making, including trade-offs between scalability, reliability, cost, and time-to-market.
* Lead and contribute to lunch & learns, technical deep dives, and internal knowledge-sharing initiatives.
* Partner with Engineering Managers and Product Leaders to translate business goals into executable technical strategies.
* Proactively identify gaps in team capability and influence hiring, onboarding, and skill development strategies.
** Architecture, Implementation & Quality
*** Lead rapid experimentation initiatives, ensuring learnings are clearly documented and communicated to stakeholders.
* Define and standardize testing strategies for AI systems, including unit, integration, regression, and evaluation-based testing.
* Ensure consistency and quality across implementations through code reviews, architectural reviews, and reference implementations.
* Embed deeply in business domains, proactively shaping product direction through technical insight.
* Identify systemic technical issues and drive long-term, sustainable solutions rather than short-term fixes.
* Champion continuous improvement in engineering practices, tooling, and workflows.

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Skills & Qualifications
** Technical Expertise
*** 6+ years of experience with Python in production environments.
* 3+ years of experience designing, deploying, and operating language model–based solutions in production.
* Strong experience utilizing AI coding Assistants (Github Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code) in daily workflow.
* Working knowledge of emerging AI technologies like MCP, A2A, and GenAI LLM’s.
* Proven ability to develop systems that balance innovation with reliability and maintainability.
** Production & Platform Experience
*** Expert-level understanding of software engineering best practices, including architecture patterns, CI/CD, testing, and code quality.
* Experience designing and operating data pipelines and data management systems at scale.
* Strong understanding of security, privacy, and compliance considerations in AI-enabled systems.
* Extensive experience with containers and orchestration in production environments.
* Ability to diagnose and resolve complex production issues involving AI systems.
** Communication & Influence
*** Exceptional ability to communicate complex technical concepts clearly to engineers, product leaders, and non-technical stakeholders.
* Comfortable acting as the technical voice of the team in cross-functional discussions.
* Ability to influence without authority and align the team around a shared technical vision.
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