Software Engineer - AI Products
Software Engineer - AI Products
$200,000–$270,000 base + equity
New York, NY (Onsite)
We are working with a well-funded startup building AI-native infrastructure products that give engineers their time back. The team is creating an intelligent agent that proactively identifies, resolves, and prevents cloud issues, turning reactive workflows into seamless, automated systems.
This is an opportunity to take full ownership of high-impact features in a deeply technical product used by modern engineering teams. You'll work across the stack and across functions, collaborating with design, platform, and early customers to build an elegant, scalable experience.
What You’ll Do
- Build and ship end-to-end product features, from backend APIs to frontend interfaces
- Own architecture and orchestration across the product stack
- Partner closely with platform engineering on backend integration
- Collaborate with design to deliver polished, user-friendly workflows
- Talk to customers directly and lead product iterations based on feedback
- Break down complex, ambiguous problems into clear, deliverable workstreams
- Push product thinking and raise the quality bar across the team
What You’ll Bring
- Strong full-stack engineering skills across backend and frontend
- Deep experience with TypeScript, React, NestJS, and Postgres
- Product ownership mindset and a track record of leading from ambiguity to execution
- Confidence working closely with customers, design, and cross-functional teams
- Ability to scope and drive projects with high agency and clarity
- Clear communication and systems-level thinking
- Experience building AI agents
Tech Stack
- React, TypeScript
- NestJS, Node.js, Postgres
- AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform
- LLM, AI
Why Join?
- Competitive salary and meaningful equity
- Full health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits and unlimited PTO
- Monthly fitness stipend and commute perks
- Dinner on late nights and tools of your choice
- In-person culture with a collaborative NYC team
- High autonomy, tight feedback loops, and real ownership
About People In AI
People In AI is a specialist recruitment partner helping top technical talent connect with high-impact opportunities in AI, infrastructure, and ML. We work exclusively with ambitious companies solving meaningful problems, and the exceptional engineers, researchers, and builders they need to grow.