Staff Software Developer – AI & Platform

About the Company TeamBuilder Consulting is partnering with our client, an innovative technology company to hire a Staff Software Developer – AI & Platform leader to help design and build the next generation of AI-powered product capabilities within a highly scaled SaaS platform. About the Role This is a hands-on technical leadership role focused on building production-grade AI features, LLM-based agents, intelligent automation, and predictive capabilities that operate against real-world operational data. The ideal candidate enjoys solving complex engineering challenges, building scalable systems, and helping shape how AI is integrated into modern software products.

Responsibilities Design and build AI-powered product features, including LLM-based agents and intelligent automation Architect and ship scalable production systems end-to-end Collaborate closely with Data Engineering on retrieval infrastructure, pipelines, and AI data requirements Evaluate and integrate emerging AI technologies, frameworks, and RAG architectures Build reliable, scalable, and maintainable distributed systems Partner with product and engineering teams to translate customer problems into technical solutions Lead through technical design discussions, code reviews, and engineering best practices Help establish shared tooling, frameworks, and development patterns for AI initiatives Qualifications: Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building production-scale systems Hands-on experience building AI/ML-powered product features using LLMs, RAG, prompt engineering, or agent frameworks Strong distributed systems and system design experience Experience working in ambiguous problem spaces and making pragmatic architectural decisions Strong collaboration and communication skills across engineering and product teams Experience mentoring engineers and influencing technical direction Product mindset with focus on delivering real customer value Experience with AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Copilot, or Claude Code Tech Stack: Go, Scala React, TypeScript, GraphQL Python for ML workflows Kubernetes, AWS LLMs, RAG architectures, agent frameworks Distributed systems and observability tooling Relational + NoSQL data stores Why This Role is Interesting Opportunity to build real-world AI product capabilities at scale Work on modern AI systems, automation, and agentic workflows High level of technical ownership and influence Collaborate closely with experienced engineering and data leaders Join a highly technical organization focused on pragmatic, production-grade AI innovation Remote work environment Pay range and compensation package Potential for up to 230K CDN