Lead Software Engineer, AI Email Applications, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required Work From Home

Lead Software Engineer AI Email Applications Artificial Intelligence (AI) Required - Work From Home

As the Lead Software Engineer AI Email Applications you own the engineering layer that turns Artificial Intelligence (AI) capability into a reliable product.  You will shape the architecture across backend services APIs and client applications while leading a small team of senior engineers.  This is a hands-on leadership role.  You stay close to the code make critical architectural decisions and ensure the system remains fast reliable and coherent as it scales.  This position is 100% Remote.

MUST BE WILLING TO TAKE A 60 MINUTE CODING ASSESSMENT.

Lead Software Engineer Responsibilities:

- Own the application engineering strategy and execution across backend mobile and desktop.

- Design reliable systems for AI-powered workflows including state orchestration tool use retries fallbacks and failure handling.

- Build the APIs and abstractions that connect Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems to real-world product experiences.

- Lead a small senior engineering team and raise the technical bar through design reviews code reviews and hands-on mentorship.

- Make high-impact trade-offs across latency reliability cost security and user experience.

- Establish strong production foundations: observability monitoring testing and operational excellence.

- Partner closely with Machine Learning (ML) leadership to turn model capabilities into robust shippable product experiences.

- Move quickly while keeping the architecture simple maintainable and ready to scale.

Lead Software Engineer Outcomes:

- Production systems are observable monitored and stable under real-world load.

- Decisions consistently balance speed cost reliability and user experience.

- Features across backend mobile and desktop work smoothly and reliably.

- Latency and reliability improve measurably over time.

Qualifications :

Lead Software Engineer Qualifications:

- Artificial Intelligence (AI) experience is required.

- Significant experience leading application or product engineering for complex systems.

- Strong hands-on background building and shipping backend systems used in production.

- Experience building AI-powered products or systems that integrate with modern Machine Learning (ML)/Large Language Model (LLM) capabilities.

- Strong technical judgment and the ability to make decisions with incomplete information.

- Comfortable working across backend and client platforms with deep expertise in at least one.

- A strong bias toward ownership shipping and learning from real-world usage.

- High standards for code quality reliability and engineering fundamentals.

Benefits include medical insurance Dental Vision Savings Plan Options PTO etc.

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Remote Work :

Yes

Employment Type :

Full-time