Staff AI Development Engineer (AI Engineering)

TL;DR

Staff AI Development Engineer (AI Engineering): Architecting the next generation of agentic pipelines to ensure the technology stack evolves alongside the industry's rapid AI shift. Focus on upleveling the existing engineering team, proposing fluid architectural pathways, and delivering production-grade AI solutions that support both hardware and software divisions.

Location: San Jose, CA, USA. If you are located outside USA, please be sure to fill out a home address as this will be used for future correspondence.

Salary: $98,100 - $157,000

Company

hirify.global is a global technology leader that designs, develops and supplies a broad range of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions.

What you will do

• Act as the primary technical liaison between GTO and internal business units to translate complex operational requirements into scalable, agentic AI solutions.
• Design and implement sophisticated agentic workflows using frameworks like LangGraph, ensuring the system can handle complex, multi-step engineering tasks.
• Lead the development of end-to-end applications, bridging the gap between non-deterministic AI logic and high-performance frontend/backend systems.
• Act as a technical authority and mentor, conducting formal design reviews and proposing innovative options to advance the team’s collective AI expertise.
• Identify and implement emerging AI tools and vectorization strategies to automate repetitive workflows and optimize data retrieval across the enterprise.
• Work closely with the infrastructure team to ensure AI models and vector databases are effectively deployed and monitored within Kubernetes environments.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Minimum of 8 years in Software Engineering, with a proven track record of building and scaling Generative AI applications.
• Expert-level mastery of LangGraph, LangChain, or similar agentic frameworks.
• Mastery of Python and a strong foundation in modern fullstack languages (e.g., JavaScript/TypeScript, Go, or Java).
• Deep understanding of Vector Databases (Pinecone, Weaviate, Milvus) and container orchestration via Kubernetes.
• Expert in CI/CD, version control (GitHub), and Test-Driven Development (TDD) adapted for AI.
• Demonstrated ability to lead technical squads, influence architectural roadmaps, and drive adoption of new technologies across a diverse organization.

Nice to have

• Experience building RAG (Retrieval-Augmented Generation) systems for large-scale technical documentation.
• Familiarity with the challenges of deploying AI agents within highly secure enterprise environments.
• Ability to balance "bleeding edge" AI experimentation with the stability required for production-grade IT infrastructure

Culture & Benefits

• Eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth.
• Medical, dental and vision plans.
• 401(K) participation including company matching.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time.