Staff AI Engineer

INFO SALARY

$35000•$275000 LOCATION Oakland, CA

JOB TYPE

Permanent Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Platforms Hybrid•Oakland, CA (3 days onsite weekly•non-negotiable)

Competitive Compensation:

Up to $325K Base + Bonus + Equity A profitable and rapidly growing technology company operating within a highly impactful industry is seeking a senior-level Founding Engineer to help architect and build next-generation Agentic AI platforms from the ground up. This is a rare opportunity to work directly alongside a newly appointed CTO and play a foundational role in shaping the company's AI strategy, products, and engineering culture. This is not a traditional "manage and delegate" role. We are looking for builders•engineers who thrive in hands-on environments and enjoy designing systems, writing production code, validating ideas with customers, and scaling intelligent workflows end-to-end. What You'll Be Doing Architect and build agentic GenAI workflows leveraging proprietary and domain-specific data-sets Design intelligent orchestration systems and AI-driven workflow automation platforms Develop commercial AI applications focused on user behavior, personalization, engagement, and predictive insights Build and optimize scalable backend systems using Python, Django, PostgreSQL, and AWS Collaborate closely with product, leadership, and a distributed engineering team Partner directly with the CTO on technical strategy, innovation, and product direction Help evolve greenfield concepts into production-ready platforms What We're Looking For Strong back-end engineering expertise with Python and Django Front-end experience with React Deep understanding of AWS cloud infrastructure and modern distributed systems Experience building AI-powered applications, LLM integrations, or workflow orchestration system s Familiarity with OpenAI technologies and agentic AI frameworks is highly preferred Experience designing scalable knowledge systems and data-intensive applications Ability to operate independently in lean, high-performance engineering environments Healthcare or medical data experience is highly preferred Why This Opportunity Stands Out Direct partnership with a newly hired CTO on foundational architecture decisions Founding engineer-level impact with the ability to shape products from inception Profitable company with strong business fundamentals•focused on execution, not hype Small, elite engineering team solving meaningful and technically challenging problems Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI systems in a highly specialized domain Significant long-term upside through bonus and equity participation Additional Details Hybrid schedule: onsite in Oakland, CA three days per week (Monday / Wednesday / Friday) Collaborative overlap with international engineering teams during morning PT hours Compensation package includes highly competitive base salary, bonus structure, and meaningful equity If you're excited about building intelligent systems from scratch, operating in a high-ownership environment, and helping define the future of applied AI, we'd love to connect. CONTACT Stephanie Landa Principal Recruitment Consultant