Software Engineer, AI Email , Artificial Intelligence; AI Work From Home
San Francisco, San Francisco County, California, 94102, USA
Listed on 2026-09-06
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Software Development
Backend Developer, AI Engineer (Applied/Software), Software Architect, Machine Learning/ ML Engineer
Staff Software Engineer, AI Email Applications, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required – Work From Home
As the Staff Software Engineer, AI Email Applications, you own the engineering layer that turns AI capability into a reliable product. You will shape the architecture across backend services, APIs, and client applications, while leading a small team of senior engineers. This is a hands-on leadership role. You stay close to the code, make critical architectural decisions, and ensure the system remains fast, reliable, and coherent as it scales.
This position is 100% Remote.
MUST BE WILLING TO TAKE A 60 MINUTE CODING ASSESSMENT.
Staff Software Engineer Responsibilities:
– Own the application engineering strategy and execution across backend, mobile, and desktop.
– Design reliable systems for AI-powered workflows, including state, orchestration, tool use, retries, fallbacks, and failure handling.
– Build the APIs and abstractions that connect Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to real-world product experiences.
– Lead a small, senior engineering team and raise the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and hands-on mentorship.
– Make high-impact trade-offs across latency, reliability, cost, security, and user experience.
– Establish strong production foundations: observability, monitoring, testing, and operational excellence.
– Partner closely with Machine Learning (ML) leadership to turn model capabilities into robust, shippable product experiences.
– Move quickly while keeping the architecture simple, maintainable, and ready to scale.
Staff Software Engineer Outcomes:
– Production systems are observable, monitored, and stable under real-world load.
– Decisions consistently balance speed, cost, reliability, and user experience.
– Features across backend, mobile, and desktop work smoothly and reliably.
– Latency and reliability improve measurably over time.
Staff Software Engineer
Qualifications:
– Artificial Intelligence (AI) experience required.
– Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems.
– Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems used in production.
– Experience building AI-powered products or systems that integrate with modern Machine Learning (ML)/Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities.
– Strong technical judgment and the ability to make decisions with incomplete information.
– Comfortable working across backend and client platforms, with deep expertise in at least one.
– A strong bias toward ownership, shipping, and learning from real-world usage.
– High standards for code quality, reliability, and engineering fundamentals.
Benefits include medical insurance, Dental, Vision, Savings Plan Options, PTO, etc.
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