Staff AI Engineer

Unqork

Engineer shaping AI agent that assists users in building Unqork applications. Focus on applied AI engineering and backend systems work.

Posted 6/12/2026full-timeRemote • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $155,000 - $220,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PythonTypeScript

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Report directly to our VP of Agentic AI
Shape the core intelligence and behavior of the agent — how it interprets intent, plans, assists, and recovers from failure — so that it reliably helps users build working Unqork applications.
Help scale the backend that powers the agent in production, contributing to a service that stays fast, observable, and resilient as usage grows.
Drive how we measure and raise agent quality over time, turning real-world usage into a feedback loop that makes the product steadily more capable and trustworthy.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Strong software engineering fundamentals — you design clean systems, reason about tradeoffs independently, and ship well-tested code that holds up in production.
Experience building and operating backend services at scale, with a feel for performance, reliability, and observability; proficiency in TypeScript and Python.
A track record of building AI- or agent-powered products, and good judgment about how to apply LLMs to real problems — what they're good at, where they break, and how to design around both.
Strong product intuition — you make sound product decisions in ambiguity, weigh user needs against technical tradeoffs, and know which problems are worth solving.
You are an avid user of AI coding tools and are passionate about exploring how AI can automate workflows, enhance creativity, and increase your personal impact.

Benefits

Comp & perks

💻 Work from home with a remote-first community
🏝 Unlimited PTO (and the encouragement to use it)
📝 Student loan payback program
🏥 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you and your dependents
💸 Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
🏠 Monthly stipend toward your WFH setup, vacation, development and more
💰 Employer-sponsored 401(k) with contribution match
🏋🏻‍♀️ Subsidized ClassPass Membership
🍼 Generous Paid Parental Leave

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Hard Skills & Tools

software engineeringbackend servicesTypeScriptPythonAI productsLLMsclean systems designwell-tested codeperformance optimizationreliability

Soft Skills

product intuitiondecision makinguser needs assessmenttechnical tradeoffsproblem solvingindependent reasoningjudgmentcreativity enhancementworkflow automationimpact increase