Senior/Staff Product Engineer, Applied AI
Summary
Senior/Staff Product Engineer building applied AI agents (sourcing, vetting, matching, placement) and the scalable backend/platform behind them for a Series A industrial staffing and AI marketplace. On-site in San Francisco; core stack includes Python and/or TypeScript/Node.js, PostgreSQL, and Kafka/RabbitMQ-style streaming.
About the Role
Join the product engineering team at a Series A industrial staffing and AI platform company. You will bring AI agents into real-world marketplace workflows and build the backend systems and platform that support staffing, worker matching, and operational automation.
What You'll Do
Define how AI agents are applied across product workflows, including sourcing, vetting, matching, and placement.
Design and lead core systems, including real-time matching and automated vetting pipelines.
Build and maintain scalable backend services and platform architecture for evolving product needs.
Improve system performance, reliability, and capacity while making pragmatic infrastructure decisions.
Partner with technical and cross-functional teams to turn ambiguous problems into production-ready solutions.
Contribute to agent harnesses, evaluation systems, orchestration patterns, and model strategy as needed.
What We're Looking For
Typically 5 or more years of software engineering experience for Senior roles, or 7 or more years for Staff roles, with end-to-end product ownership.
Hands-on experience building products at fast-growing startups, including taking projects from early prototypes to production at scale.
Strong Python and/or TypeScript/Node.js skills, with experience designing APIs, distributed systems, and data models.
Experience with PostgreSQL and messaging or streaming systems such as Kafka or RabbitMQ.
Experience shipping applied AI or agentic products, and familiarity with coding agents and rapid prototyping.
Strong product judgment, comfort with ambiguity, and an ability to work across teams and with operational users.
Relevant experience in AI, marketplaces, matching or recommendation systems, staffing, recruiting, or operational platforms is valuable.
Strong computer science fundamentals and a record of sustained contributions in engineering roles.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site in San Francisco, California.
Skills
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