
Staff AI Software Engineer
Demandbase
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: California • United States
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Salary
💰 $222,000 - $334,000 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Help architect and deliver AI-native platforms
- Play a key technical leadership role in evolving traditional SaaS patterns
- Partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership
- Contribute to architectural direction
- Ensure platforms can support large language models (LLMs), agentic workflows, and AI-driven capabilities at scale
- Design and build scalable, cloud-native microservices
- Contribute to the technical roadmap for AI-native systems
- Build and operate production-grade AI/ML systems
- Partner on architectural planning for AI agents and inference optimization
- Establish best practices for observability, resiliency, and cloud-native deployments
- Improve CI/CD automation and developer workflows
- Translate AI-first product direction into production-ready technical plans
- Lead and contribute to cross-team initiatives spanning multiple engineering domains
- Help set engineering standards for modern AI system design
- Stay current on emerging AI approaches and apply useful techniques
Requirements
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years operating in a Staff-level (or equivalent) capacity
- Proven track record shipping complex systems beyond basic CRUD applications
- Strong expertise in distributed systems, system design, and performance optimization
- Hands-on experience building or deploying production AI/ML features using LLMs, agentic frameworks, or similar technologies
- Strong proficiency in Java, Scala, or Python
- Experience with Kubernetes, container orchestration, and cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
- Experience with vector search / vector databases (for example Pinecone, Milvus, Weaviate) and AI infrastructure at scale
- Strong understanding of CI/CD automation and AI-augmented development workflows
- Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- Strong communication skills and the ability to influence technical and non-technical partners.
Benefits
- options for up to 100% paid Medical and Vision premiums for employees
- flexible PTO policy
- paid holidays
- access to mental health and wellness resources
- 401(k) with pre-tax, after tax, and roth options
- short-term/long-term disability
- life insurance
- other great benefits
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Hard Skills & Tools
AI-native platformsSaaS patternslarge language modelscloud-native microservicesAI/ML systemsinference optimizationCI/CD automationJavaScalaPython
Soft Skills
technical leadershipcommunication skillsinfluencecollaborationcross-team initiatives
Certifications
Bachelor's degree in Computer ScienceMaster’s degree in Engineering