Staff Engineer, AI Native

What you'll do

• Architect and develop RESTful APIs, web applications, data models, and database schemas.
• Direct, configure, and govern AI coding agents and workflows; review outputs and maintain prompt rules, guardrails, and delivery quality.
• Document and support applications, participate in on-call, estimate work, and mentor engineers.

What they ask for

• 8+ years of professional experience working with medium/large complex code bases.
• Full-stack development experience and experience with Java, Go, or Python.
• REST API design and implementation experience.
• Proficiency in HTML, CSS, and the JavaScript ecosystem; demonstrated proficiency with AI-native coding tools and working knowledge of prompt engineering and structured outputs.

Nice to have

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field, or at least three years of proven experience in lieu of a degree.
• Database management, AWS, Docker, Kubernetes, CI/CD, or AI-agent development experience.

Pay

USD $220,000–$240,000 annual base salary (Los Angeles, CA); USD $200,000–$220,000 annual base salary (San Diego, CA)

Tools

Java, Go, Python, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, Claude Code

AI focus

Direct and govern AI coding agents across the delivery lifecycle; design agent workflows, prompt patterns, structured output schemas, and guardrails; trace and debug agent calls and failures.