Staff AI Platform Engineer

Overview

Staff-level engineering leader who will architect, build and operate the distributed systems behind AlphaSense's AI platform, and mentor the engineers who work on them.

What you'll do

• Architect for Scale: Design and implement distributed systems that power AI agents processing thousands of requests per hour, ensuring reliability, performance, and cost-efficiency
• Build Engineering Excellence: Establish comprehensive testing strategies, observability systems, and CI/CD pipelines that catch issues before customers do
• Lead Through Expertise: Mentor a team of smart, motivated engineers, sharing your experience in building production systems that don't break at 3 AM
• Drive Platform Evolution: Own the technical roadmap for our AI platform, making architectural decisions that will shape our systems for years to come
• Bridge AI and Engineering: Collaborate with ML engineers and researchers to productionize cutting-edge AI capabilities while maintaining system stability

What you'll need

• 7+ years building and operating distributed systems in production
• Track record of improving system reliability (taking services from frequent outages to 99.9%+ uptime)
• Deep expertise in modern engineering practices: microservices, containerization (Kubernetes), infrastructure as code
• Experience leading technical initiatives and mentoring engineering teams
• Strong coding skills with ability to work across the stack
• Excellence in debugging production issues and implementing comprehensive observability
• History of making pragmatic trade-offs between perfect and shipped

Nice to have

• Experience with LLM applications, agent frameworks, or AI/ML infrastructure
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, RAG patterns, vector databases
• Background at high-growth companies or modern engineering cultures
• Experience with multi-model AI systems (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, etc.)

Details

• Location: New York, New York, United States
• Compensation range: $203,000 – $304,000 USD, plus possible equity and a benefits program