Lead AI Engineer
True Talent Solutions Partners
About the role
About the Role
Join an early-stage product engineering team building enterprise contract intelligence software in the legal technology sector. You will help develop a customer-facing AI product and shape its technical direction from end to end.
What You'll Do
Architect, build, and own the user-facing application across frontend and backend systems.
Develop and ship production AI agents that support complex, multi-step contract workflows.
Collaborate with engineering, product, and design teammates to turn product needs into reliable software.
Set engineering practices, contribute to technical strategy, and guide roadmaps.
Define and implement measures of success for the team and its products.
Initiate and lead technical projects in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
What We're Looking For
At least 8 years of software engineering experience, including 6 or more years building AI products professionally.
Experience building production software at a SaaS startup, ideally at an early or growth stage, and owning development end to end within a small team.
A track record shipping customer-facing, multi-step agentic products that use tools and orchestration, rather than only RAG chatbots or internal tools.
Strong Python and SQL/Postgres skills, plus hands-on experience with JavaScript, React, or another modern frontend framework.
Proficiency across multiple programming languages, with experience using databases, Git, CI/CD, and agent frameworks.
Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
A computer science degree and broad engineering experience across AI domains; experience with LLM monitoring, evaluation, or model training is a plus.
Comfort working through challenging, ambiguous problems and demonstrating career growth through sustained roles.
Compensation & Benefits
Base salary: $175,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
Location
On-site, five days per week in New York, NY.
Responsibilities
- Architect, build, and own the customer-facing application across frontend and backend.
- Develop production AI agents for complex, multi-step contract workflows.
- Collaborate with engineering, product, and design to deliver reliable software.
- Set engineering practices, shape technical strategy, and guide roadmaps.
- Define and implement measures of success for the team and its products.
- Initiate and lead technical projects in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment.
Qualifications
- At least 8 years of software engineering experience, including 6 or more years building AI products professionally.
- Experience shipping production software at a SaaS startup and owning end-to-end development within a small team.
- Track record building customer-facing, multi-step agentic products using tools and orchestration.
- Strong Python and SQL/Postgres skills, with hands-on experience in JavaScript and React or another modern frontend framework.
- Experience with multiple programming languages, databases, Git, CI/CD, and agent frameworks.
- Exposure to Docker, Kubernetes, and AWS, Azure, or GCP.
- Computer science degree and broad engineering experience across AI domains.
- Comfort working through challenging, ambiguous problems.
Benefits
- Visa sponsorship available