Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. The Standard is hiring an AI Software Engineer IV to design, build and ship full-stack features across their web platform for web-based AI products. As a senior individual contributor, you will solve complex problems end to end, supporting the DevOps practices, cloud infrastructure, and data platform integrations needed to run reliable production systems.
Responsibilities
- Design and build full-stack features, taking ownership from technical design through implementation, testing, deployment and ongoing operation
- Develop responsive, accessible user interfaces and the backend services and APIs that power them
- Lead the technical design of medium-to-large projects and break them into clear, actionable work for the team
- Write well-tested, maintainable code and uphold engineering standards through thorough code review
- Improve the performance, reliability, scalability and operability of the systems you own, including cloud infrastructure, deployment workflows and reduction of operational toil. Mentor engineers, share knowledge and help grow the technical skills of the team
- Collaborate with product managers and designers to scope requirements and translate them into shippable solutions
- Participate in an on-call rotation and contribute to a strong culture of operational excellence
- Collaborate with Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers to make their models fast, accessible, transparent, and safe
- Support reliable integrations with Azure Databricks, DevOps tooling and related data platform services where needed
Skills
- A Bachelor's degree in Software Engineering, Computer Science or Information Systems, or equivalent experience as a substitute, is required
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building and operating production web applications
- Strong proficiency across the stack, including a modern frontend framework (preferably Angular) and a backend language (for example, Node.js or Python)
- Strong skills in implementing Python API design patterns using frameworks like FastAPI or Flask
- Solid experience designing APIs and working with relational and non-relational databases and graph databases such as Neo4j
- Demonstrable experience in configuring and implementing Azure Application Gateway and API management solutions like Azure API Management or Kong Konnect
- Hands-on experience implementing and optimizing API applications for sub-second performance
- Experience in load testing REST API applications with tools like Apache JMeter or SOAPUI
- Experience in developing API applications to include package/dependency management tools (e.g., Poetry) and functional testing (e.g., Pytest, PyLint)
- A track record of leading projects, making sound architectural decisions and delivering on time
- Experience with cloud infrastructure, DevOps practices and infrastructure management, preferably using Azure and Terraform
- Working knowledge of data engineering concepts, including Databricks, MLflow and production data pipelines
- Experience with cloud WAF configuration (Imperva, Azure WAF or similar) and API security policies like OAuth2/OIDC, JWT
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines and Git-based release workflows using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, ArgoCD or similar tools
- Working within an Agile delivery / DevOps methodology to deliver proof of concept and production implementation in iterative sprints
- Able to Work Independently and Collaborate with Product Owners, Data Scientists, Machine Learning Engineers and AI Engineers
- Clear written and verbal communication, with the ability to work effectively in a distributed, asynchronous team
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills
- A commitment to testing, code quality and continuous improvement
- Experience with containerization and orchestration (Docker)
- Familiarity with observability tooling, performance profiling and incident response
- Exposure to TypeScript, GraphQL or event-driven architectures
- Prior experience mentoring engineers or leading a small team
Benefits
- A rich benefits package including medical, dental, vision and a 401(k) plan with matching company contributions
- An annual incentive bonus plan
- Generous paid time off including 11 holidays, 2 wellness days, and 8 volunteer hours annually — PTO increases with tenure
- A supportive, responsive management approach and opportunities for career growth and advancement
- Paid parental leave and adoption/surrogacy assistance
- An employee giving program that double matches your donations to eligible nonprofits and schools
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