Staff Software Engineer – AI

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Staff Software Engineer building and deploying scalable AI/ML features for 8am’s SaaS platform. Developing Python, LLM, data infrastructure, and cloud deployment solutions for professional services.

Responsibilities:

  • Collaborate with product managers and stakeholders to translate business problems into AI-driven solutions
  • Design, implement, and integrate AI features into existing 8am products
  • Partner with the Data team to ensure data is collected, enriched, prepared, and staged for AI consumption and use
  • Build and evaluate AI-powered services from customer-facing prototypes through general availability
  • Write high-quality Python code to manipulate data, interact with large language models, and assess performance
  • Develop tools and infrastructure for reliable, scalable, and secure AI deployment
  • Work with the cloud operations team to deploy AI features, monitor their impact, and continuously improve them

Requirements:

  • 10+ years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in full stack SaaS application development or backend
  • Proven track record of building and deploying production-ready AI/ML services at scale
  • Hands-on experience with LLM frameworks, platforms, evals and related tooling
  • Strong Python or equivalent modern tech stack development skills
  • Familiarity with data manipulation and evaluation workflows
  • Experience building scalable data infrastructure and integrating models into broader SaaS systems
  • Experience working in AWS cloud environments, or equivalent, and with modern DevOps practices
  • Demonstrated experience leveraging AI tools and technologies to improve workflows, enhance decision-making, or drive innovation

Benefits:

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans, including a 100% company-paid HDHP plan for employees
  • Annual bonuses
  • Equity options
  • 401(k) or RRSP if in Canada, with a company match for all team members
  • Flexible Time Off
  • Paid holidays
  • Parental leave program
  • Wellness stipends
  • Mental health support
  • One-on-one nutrition coaching
  • Continuous learning through 8am.edu
  • Leadership programs
  • Professional development funds
  • Individually focused talent development
  • Charitable matching gift program
  • Paid time off for volunteer service
  • Company-sponsored volunteer events
  • Virtual and in-person team-building events
  • Quarterly award recognition through the Rise & Shine Award of Excellence Program
  • Peer-to-peer appreciation platform