Staff AI Engineer

📋 Description

• Lead the design and delivery of major AI-powered product initiatives from concept through production, owning the full software development lifecycle
• Define the technical architecture for AI systems at SecurityScorecard: LLM pipelines, agentic workflows, retrieval infrastructure, and evaluation frameworks
• Set the standard for how the engineering organization builds with AI, including development practices, tooling choices, and quality bars
• Use Cursor, Claude Code, and AI-native development tools as core instruments, and model what high-velocity, high-quality AI-augmented engineering looks like for the team
• Collaborate directly with product leadership and the CTO organization to shape the AI product roadmap
• Drive architecture reviews, establish cross-team engineering standards, and elevate the technical level of the teams you work with

🎯 Requirements

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with a track record of leading complex, high-impact technical projects end-to-end
• Demonstrated ability to operate independently across the full product development lifecycle, from problem definition through production operations
• 3+ years building and shipping AI-powered product features in production, including LLM integration, agentic systems, or intelligent automation
• Strong product instincts: you think about user problems and business outcomes, not just technical implementation
• Proficiency in TypeScript and strong backend engineering fundamentals with experience in distributed systems at scale
• Fluency with AI-native development workflows (Cursor, Claude Code, or equivalent) as a primary engineering practice, not an experiment

🎁 Benefits

• Competitive salary, stock options, health benefits, and unlimited PTO
• Parental leave, tuition reimbursement, and other benefits
• Total comp: $170,000-$200,000 (base plus bonus)