Senior AI Engineer
Addison, DuPage County, Illinois, 60114, USA
Listed on 2026-02-01
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IT/Tech
Overview
CPGIO is seeking a Senior-level AI Engineer who thrives in modern, high-velocity development environments using tools like Claude Code, Cursor, and other AI-assisted coding workflows. This role is for someone who can build real-world applications end-to-end, move quickly without breaking fundamentals, and help push our platform into the future of agentic commerce intelligence.
CPGIO has been operating for 13+ years and is building the next generation of multichannel ecommerce solutions—including AI reasoning agents, machine learning, and data science systems—supporting 100,000+ active listings across top U.S. retailers such as Amazon, Walmart, Tik Tok, Shopify, and Target+.
You’ll work directly inside our internal task management dashboard and platform systems, developing features, optimizing performance, refactoring architecture, and building production-ready AI systems that power real business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities — What You’ll Do- Build and improve our internal task management dashboard and operator tooling
- Create new features, refactor code, optimize performance, and improve UI/UX
- Rapidly prototype and iterate on complex visualization concepts
- Balance user feature requests with technical feasibility and maintainability
- Design pragmatic, scalable event-driven architectures
- Make build-vs-buy-vs-generate decisions for system components and services
- Write detailed technical specs that other developers can execute cleanly
- Prototype complex React components and data visualizations
- Design and maintain
database schemas
, migrations, and ETL pipelines - Build proofs-of-concept and production deployments for AI / LLM integration
- Implement unit and integration testing
, ensuring reliability as the system scales - Manage large datasets, data modeling, database performance, and long-term maintainability
Preferred Qualifications — What You’ll Need Think Like This
- “Let’s keep exploring.” You iterate until it’s right — not just “done”
- “What makes this easier to maintain?” You build for long-term productivity
- “No coding yet—let me think.” You plan before you build
- You love shipping, but you don’t ship chaos
- Claude Code, Cursor, or comparable AI engineering workflows
- Building real applications using “vibe coding” style environments —
but still clean, testable, scalable
- React
- Next.js
- Type Script
- Complex UI systems and data visualization
- Python (FastAPI and/or Django strongly preferred)
- Node.js (nice-to-have)
- REST APIs and/or Graph
QL APIs
- Postgre
SQL (or strong relational DB experience) - Database migrations + schema evolution
- ETL pipelines, transformations, and data integrity systems
- Cloud databases and production deployments
- Unit testing and integration testing
- Familiarity with CI/CD workflows and maintaining reliable systems
- RAG systems and vector databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, pgvector, etc.)
- Event sourcing and microservices
- Real-time systems and stream processing
- Strong design instincts for turning complexity into intuitive UI
- You can visualize complex systems as clean interfaces
- You challenge requirements and propose better alternatives
- You document your thinking process — not just your code
- You can demonstrate real-world application development (not just tutorials)
- Salary Range: $80,000 – $120,000
- Performance Bonus:
Eligible for performance-based bonuses - 401(k)
- Flexible spending account
- Happy hour
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- On-site gym
- Paid holidays
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Vision insurance
This position requires on-site presence Monday through Thursday for 8-hour shifts from 8:00 AM – 4:00 PM. Remote work is permitted on Fridays, allowing employees to work from home.
About Us — Company OverviewAt CPGIO, we're revolutionizing commerce intelligence. With a legacy as one of the top ecommerce operators globally and a bootstrapped revenue of $100M/year, we are now pivoting toward high-tech, agent-reasoning information products that empower over 500 leading household brands.
Our platform converges project management, analytical reporting, and supply chain intelligence into actionable insights that help brand managers and ecommerce leaders make smarter, faster decisions — without compromising security or customer trust.
Join Our Team — Our Values & CultureAt CPGIO, we thrive on collaboration and innovation, connecting quality brands with good people. We are guided by values of:
- Integrity
- Respect
- Accountability
Our culture is vibrant, supportive, and highly execution-focused — offering work-from-home Fridays, competitive compensation, and rewarding corporate events.
Thank you for considering joining our team and for taking the time to apply!
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