Staff AI Platform Engineer

Overview

Staff-level engineering leader to build and operate reliable, scalable AI-powered platform systems that serve enterprise customers, mentoring engineers and owning the technical roadmap.

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 engineers, sharing experience in building production systems
• Drive Platform Evolution: own the technical roadmap for the AI platform, making architectural decisions that will shape 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: San Francisco, California, United States
• Compensation range: $203,000 to $304,000 USD base, plus possible equity and a benefits program