Staff Engineer, Applied AI

Collectors

Staff Applied AI Engineer owning AI portfolios for Collectors, which authenticates, grades, vaults, and sells collectibles. Building production agent systems and reusable application patterns.

Posted 8/21/2026full-timeRemote • New Jersey • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $165,848 - $269,259 per yearWebsite

Core Competencies

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and deploying AI-powered solutions, with a strong focus on architecting agent systems and managing production-grade applications. Proven ability to translate business needs into effective software portfolios while mentoring and improving engineering teams.

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AI FrameworksClaudeOpenAIApplication EngineeringProduction Applications

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Hard Skills

AI-Powered SolutionsAgent Systems ArchitectureFull-Stack DevelopmentFrontend APIsScalabilitySecurityLatencyReliabilityWorkflow PatternsEvaluation Harnesses

Soft Skills

Strong CommunicationMentorshipCollaborationTrust BuildingProblem-Solving

Tools & Technologies

Orchestration PlatformAI ModelsEvaluation ToolsDevelopment ToolsProduction Systems

Industry Keywords

AI OpportunityBusiness DomainRoadmap ResponsibilityCumulative Portfolio ValueHuman-in-the-Loop

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own the AI opportunity across an entire business domain, mapping workflows and sizing opportunities
Decide what gets built, in what order, and why
Build technically demanding AI use cases from prototype through production, adoption, and measured impact
Extract reusable connectors, evaluation harnesses, and workflow patterns from successful builds
Instrument outcomes and report cumulative portfolio value to domain leadership
Design agents with traces, evaluations, and human-in-the-loop gates for evidence-based autonomy
Use Claude, OpenAI, and the orchestration platform daily to inform platform choices
Build trust with function leaders, navigate competing priorities, and secure sponsorship
Review designs and code, unblock engineers, interview candidates, and mentor team members
Design and implement production-grade applications around agents and AI workflows
Report to the Head of Applied AI

Requirements

What you’ll need

Proven ownership of a domain, program, or product area with roadmap responsibility
Multiple end-to-end agentic or AI-powered solutions deployed to real users in more than one context
Daily fluency with Claude, OpenAI, or similar AI models
Strong knowledge of AI frameworks, evaluations, harnesses, and orchestration
Experience translating business problems into scoped, sequenced software portfolios
Ability to architect and independently build agent systems
Strong application engineering experience, preferably full-stack
Experience building and shipping production applications
Sound architectural judgment across frontend and backend systems
Experience with frontend APIs, state, latency, reliability, security, and scalability
Track record of improving other engineers through review, mentorship, patterns, or tooling
Strong communication with operators, engineers, and executives
Active tracking of current AI models, tools, and techniques
Legal authorization to work in the United States

Benefits

Comp & perks

Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
Fertility assistance
Commuter assistance
Educational assistance benefits
Competitive 401k matching plan
Flexible time-off
Ten company paid holidays
Discounts on select grading services for approved submissions
Flexible schedules with varying shifts
Celebrations, holiday events, and team building activities