Senior AI Software Engineer

Dioptra
New York, New York, United StatesFull-timePosted Sep 18, 2026

About the role

Senior AI Software Engineer (Full Stack)

At Dioptra, we're transforming the way enterprises do business by turning contracts into structured business intelligence that powers enterprise systems. We're accelerating that vision by combining industry-leading AI technology with a world-class engineering team. As an early member of the Dioptra team, you'll work alongside the founders who built one of the industry's most advanced contract AI platforms and help define the future of enterprise legal technology

.This is an opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI agents, influence product direction, and solve complex technical challenges in a rapidly growing market

.

About the Ro

leWe're looking for a Senior AI Software Engineer to help build the next generation of AI-powered contract intelligence product

s.You'll collaborate closely with engineering, product, and design teams to architect, develop, and scale intelligent applications that combine modern AI capabilities with enterprise-grade software engineerin

g.

As one of the early engineers on this team, you wi

ll:Design, build, and maintain Agentic AI-powered applications across the full sta

ck.Develop intelligent workflows using modern agentic framewor

ks.Architect scalable backend services and user-facing applicatio

ns.Build reliable integrations with enterprise systems and cloud infrastructu

re.Drive engineering best practices, technical strategy, and architectural decisio

ns.Define success metrics and continuously improve product performan

ce.Partner directly with leadership and product teams to deliver customer val

ue.Take ownership of major technical initiatives from concept through producti

on.

Required Qualificat

ionsExperi

ence4+ years of professional experience building AI-powered software products (8+ years preferred for senior candidat

es).Experience working in a SaaS startup or other fast-paced product environm

ent.Proven ability to thrive in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environme

nts.Daily experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Codex, or simi

lar.

Technical S

killsStrong proficiency in Py

thon.Experience with SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL prefer

red).Hands-on experience building applications using LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar provi

ders.Experience with AI agent frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, or Aut

oGen.Experience designing and deploying production AI applicat

ions.Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, Git, and modern software development pract

ices.Experience with containerization and cloud platforms, including Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Plat

form.Understanding of LLM evaluation, monitoring, and observabi

lity.Experience training or fine-tuning models is a

plus.

Edu

cationBachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related technical discipline, or equivalent practical exper

ience.

What We're Look

ing ForSuccessful candidates will demon

strate:A product mindset with the ability to balance speed and q

uality.Comfort owning complex technical challenges with minimal dir

ection.Excellent collaboration and communication

skills.A desire to make a significant impact as part of a small, high-performin

g team

.

PlusesWe're especially interested in candidates w

ho have:Built and shipped production AI appli

cations.Worked at high-growth s

tartups.Experience across both backend and frontend deve

lopment.A track record of driving technical initiatives and mentoring other en

gineers.

Why Join

Dioptra?Work directly with the founders behind one of the industry's leading AI contract p

latforms.Build state-of-the-art AI agent technology used by enterprise c

ustomers.Own meaningful technical decisions and influence product d

irection.Join a small, highly collaborative team with significant

autonomy.Help shape the future of enterprise AI and contract inte

lligence.

Responsibilities

  • Design, build, and maintain Agentic AI-powered applications across the full stack
  • Develop intelligent workflows using modern agentic frameworks
  • Architect scalable backend services and user-facing applications
  • Build reliable integrations with enterprise systems and cloud infrastructure
  • Drive engineering best practices, technical strategy, and architectural decisions
  • Define success metrics and continuously improve product performance
  • Partner directly with leadership and product teams to deliver customer value
  • Take ownership of major technical initiatives from concept through production

Qualifications

  • 4+ years of professional experience building AI-powered software products
  • Experience working in a SaaS startup or other fast-paced product environment
  • Proven ability to thrive in ambiguous, rapidly evolving environments
  • Daily experience using AI-assisted development tools such as Cursor, Codex, or similar
  • Strong proficiency in Python
  • Experience with SQL and relational databases (PostgreSQL preferred)
  • Hands-on experience building applications using LLMs from OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar providers
  • Experience with AI agent frameworks such as LangGraph, LangChain, CrewAI, or AutoGen

Benefits

  • Work directly with the founders behind one of the industry's leading AI contract platforms
  • Build state-of-the-art AI agent technology used by enterprise customers
  • Own meaningful technical decisions and influence product direction
  • Join a small, highly collaborative team with significant autonomy
  • Help shape the future of enterprise AI and contract intelligence

Skills mentioned

PythonSQLPostgreSQLLarge Language ModelsAI AgentsLangGraphCI/CDGitDockerKubernetes

About Dioptra

Dioptra is the most accurate and reliable legal AI agent for contracts, because it was built by a founding team with deep hands-on expertise in both AI and commercial contracting and legal operations. Reliability is in our DNA. With backgrounds in AI research and academia and more than 10 years each of hands-on experience in AI, the founders helped some of the largest enterprises build the most reliable mission critical AI systems.

Technology2-10 employeesNew York, NY