Senior AI Product Engineer

AI product engineering

Primary focus

• Work closely with other senior engineers, designers, our CTO and CEO to understand the needs of our users and the business, in order to prioritize and scope product initiatives
• Build the Poggio product, leading user-impacting platform capabilities from the idea stage through release and measurement of impact.
• Incorporate modern agent protocols, context management, foundation model capabilities, and integrate systems to deliver customer value, both via our dedicated seller-focused web application and headless API consumption.

Who you are

We're open to multiple levels of experience for this role. More than anything, we're looking for people who are a great fit for Poggio.

Successful candidates will:

• Exhibit a strong desire to win as a team
• Demonstrate good technical judgement, curiosity, and enthusiasm for doing things right in service of our customers
• Demonstrate high regard for craft and ability to execute
• Be comfortable with ambiguity and collaborate effectively with a strong bias for action
• Be excited to invent the future of how AI will transform work
• Have their finger on the pulse of developments in applied AI
• Excel at communicating about technical concepts with colleagues whose expertise is not software

Must-have technical skills:

• 4+ years of experience building scalable platforms
• Solid understanding of modern backend technologies like Python, SQL and NoSQL datastores, and API design and integration
• Experience maintaining a high quality bar for systems design, correctness, and testing.
• Experience collaborating with stakeholders to creatively solve problems, including requirements analysis, technical design tradeoffs, and ownership post-delivery.
• Familiarity with or willingness to learn some frontend engineering (and the desire to help out across the stack when needed)
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging skills
• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or a related field OR equivalent skills & experience

Nice-to-have:

• Knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure management (including tools like Terraform)

Benefits

• Unlimited, Flexible PTO
• Remote-first with option to work in co-working spaces or our SF HQ
• At least biannual off-sites to meet with the team (attendance optional)
• Health care plan (Medical, Dental, Vision)
• 401k plan with employer matching
• Annual Wellness Stipend: $1200 per year for your choice of wellness-related expenses such as gym memberships, massages, fitness equipment, ski pas, etc.

Compensation

Competitive salary and equity according to leveling assessment, calibrated to Tier-1 U.S. market data.

Our Interview Process

• Application (You are here): Our talent team will review your application to see how your skills and experience align with our needs.
• Recruiter Meeting (15 min video call): Our goal is to explore your motivations to join our team, learn why you’d be a great fit, and answer questions about us.
• Intro Call (30 min video call): You'll meet with a member of the engineering team to discuss the company, team, and evaluate core skills necessary for success in this role.
• Technical Interview (60 min video call): You'll meet someone from the engineering team who will evaluate your technical skills. This is a live coding interview.
• Cross-functional Interview (45 min video call): You will meet with someone from outside of engineering to discuss your past experience working in cross functional product development teams.
• System Design Interview / Manager Meeting (60 min video call): You'll meet with the hiring manager to deep dive into a system design problem and discuss other aspects of the role.