Staff Software Engineer

🚀 Staff/Principal Software Engineer (AI Systems / Product Engineering) 📍 NYC / Hybrid \| High\-growth AI Startup \| Equity Included We’re partnering with a well\-funded AI startup building infrastructure that transforms how major enterprises make complex operational and financial decisions. Their platform turns messy, unstructured documents and workflows into trusted, actionable intelligence — helping customers save hundreds of hours of manual analysis and unlock faster, better decision\-making at scale. This is not an “AI lab” role. You’ll be shipping production systems used by real customers every week. They’re looking for a Staff Software Engineer who thrives at the intersection of product, AI, and systems engineering. What you’ll do: * Architect and ship AI\-powered product capabilities end\-to\-end * Build scalable backend systems and workflows around LLMs and structured data extraction * Work directly with customers to solve deeply technical, high\-value problems * Drive engineering standards, mentor other engineers, and shape technical direction * Move quickly using modern AI\-assisted development workflows Tech environment: * Python, TypeScript, APIs, cloud infrastructure * LLMs, agentic workflows, retrieval systems * Component\-based architecture and distributed systems * Heavy focus on product ownership and rapid iteration What they value: * Strong product thinking alongside technical depth * Engineers who care about business impact, not just clean abstractions Compensation: 💰 Highly competitive salary \+ meaningful equity If you’re interested in building ambitious AI products with a sharp, low\-ego team solving genuinely hard problems, message me directly.