Lead AI Engineer
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
Full-Stack AI Engineer
Location: Remote / Flexible
Employment Type: Full-time
Focus: AI Agents Enterprise Legal Tech Contract Intelligence Full-Stack Engineering
About Our Client
Our client is building the next generation of contract intelligence software for the enterprise.
Their platform is focused on transforming contracts from static archive documents into active business systems that help power enterprise workflows decision-making and automation.
Following a recent acquisition the team is operating as a focused founder-led group inside a larger enterprise software company. This gives engineers the opportunity to work with the speed and ownership of a startup while benefiting from the reach resources and customer base of an established market leader.
The enterprise legal technology market is at a major inflection point and our client is building AI-native products to help define the next era of contract management and contract intelligence.
About the Role
Our client is hiring a Full-Stack AI Engineer to help build and bring to market a contract operating system for the enterprise.
This person will join as an early engineer on a newly integrated high-ownership team. Youll work directly with the founding team and collaborate closely with engineers product managers and designers to architect build and own user-facing applications powered by AI agent technology.
This is a strong fit for an engineer who enjoys ambiguous high-impact problems wants meaningful product influence and is already using AI coding tools as part of their daily engineering workflow.
What Youll Do
Build full-stack product experiences for enterprise contract intelligence software
Work directly with the founding team in a focused high-impact product group
Architect develop and own user-facing applications from concept through production
Design intelligent solutions across frontend backend data and AI agent systems
Build with AI agent frameworks and modern AI-native development workflows
Help define technical strategy engineering standards and product roadmap execution
Promote strong engineering practices across architecture code quality testing CI/CD and reliability
Initiate influence and drive meaningful technical projects
Partner with product design and engineering to shape product direction
Help define success metrics and measurement systems for the engineering team
Contribute to products serving enterprise legal procurement and contract workflows
What Were Looking For
4 years of experience building AI products or AI-powered software
Strong full-stack engineering experience across backend frontend databases and production systems
Professional experience with Python SQL databases CI/CD and Git
Experience with AI agent frameworks such as LangGraph CrewAI AutoGen or similar tools
Daily use of AI coding tools such as Cursor Codex Claude Code or similar platforms
Comfort working in ambiguous fast-changing environments
Strong ownership mindset and desire to have meaningful impact on the business
Ability to architect and ship high-quality software in a small focused team
Strong communication and collaboration skills across engineering product and design
Interest in enterprise software legal tech contract intelligence or AI workflow automation
Bonus Experience
Startup experience or experience operating in a small high-ownership product team
Experience building AI agents RAG systems workflow automation or enterprise AI applications
Experience with legal tech contract lifecycle management procurement software or enterprise SaaS
Experience working in founder-led teams or post-acquisition product environments
Experience shaping technical roadmaps and engineering standards in early-stage environments
Why This Opportunity
Join an early founder-led team inside a larger enterprise software company
Work directly on best-in-class AI agent technology
Build products in a large and rapidly evolving enterprise legal tech market
Own meaningful product and technical decisions from day one
Help shape the future of contract intelligence and enterprise contract automation
Operate with startup-level ownership while benefiting from enterprise reach and resources
Build alongside a focused team working directly with senior leadership
Ideal Candidate Profile
The ideal candidate is a full-stack engineer who has already built AI-powered products and wants to take on meaningful ownership in a fast-moving environment.
They are comfortable working across frontend backend databases and AI agent systems. They use AI coding tools every day enjoy solving ambiguous problems and want to help build enterprise software that turns contracts into intelligent business infrastructure.
Required Experience:
IC
About Company
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