Senior AI Product Engineer II
Overview
A high-growth software company is seeking a Senior AI Product Engineer to develop and deliver AI-powered product experiences. This role focuses on building customer-facing features that leverage large language models (LLMs), retrieval systems, and agent-based workflows to improve user productivity and decision-making. You will work closely with AI specialists, product managers, and designers to transform AI capabilities into polished product experiences. The ideal candidate combines strong full-stack engineering expertise with practical AI development experience and excellent product instincts.
Key Responsibilities
- Design, build, and maintain AI-powered product features across the full stack using modern web technologies.
- Develop responsive user interfaces that support streaming responses, real-time interactions, and progressive AI-generated content.
- Create backend services and APIs that integrate with AI models, orchestration frameworks, and supporting services.
- Translate retrieval-based systems, autonomous workflows, and structured reasoning outputs into intuitive user experiences.
- Collaborate with AI engineers to define interfaces, output schemas, and integration patterns.
- Evaluate how AI-generated content performs in real-world usage and improve product experiences accordingly.
- Build feedback mechanisms that capture user sentiment and AI output quality.
- Establish observability and monitoring for AI features, including latency, adoption, engagement, and task completion metrics.
- Implement automated testing strategies covering integration and end-to-end AI workflows.
- Develop reusable components, patterns, and frameworks that accelerate future AI product development.
- Mentor engineers and contribute to technical and product design discussions.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of professional software engineering experience building and shipping production applications.
- 2+ years of experience developing AI-enabled product features.
- Strong expertise in React and TypeScript.
- Experience building highly interactive web applications that handle asynchronous and real-time data.
- Solid backend development experience with Python, Node.js, and TypeScript.
- Experience designing and consuming APIs that integrate with AI services.
- Hands-on experience with LLM-based applications and prompt design techniques.
- Practical understanding of:
- Context management
- Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG)
- Structured outputs
- AI evaluation and quality measurement frameworks
- Familiarity with agent orchestration frameworks and multi-step AI workflows.
- Experience implementing streaming patterns such as Server-Sent Events (SSE), WebSockets, or similar real-time communication methods.
- Strong product mindset with a focus on user experience and adoption.
- Proven ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in fast-paced environments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in regulated, compliance-oriented, security-focused, governance, risk, or document-intensive business environments.
- Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) or comparable tool-integration approaches.
- Experience troubleshooting retrieval quality and search relevance issues within AI applications.
- Experience building annotation, review, or feedback tooling for AI systems.
Work Model / Location / Engagement Details
- Hybrid work environment with a combination of in-office collaboration and flexible remote work days.
- Full-time position.
- Compensation range: $192,000 - $259,800 base salary , plus equity and benefits.
Benefits Highlights
- Equity participation.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Retirement savings program and financial wellness benefits.
- Life and disability insurance.
- Paid parental leave and family-building support programs.
- Professional development and learning stipends.
- Flexible paid time off and company holidays.
Senior AI Product Engineer II in san francisco at Unknown Company
This position is listed as full time and able to be worked remotely.