Staff AI Cloud Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Staff AI Cloud Engineer (AI): Building and operating production AI, backend, cloud, infrastructure, and full-stack systems with an accent on architecture, reliability, developer experience, and scalable engineering practices. Focus on designing AI orchestration and retrieval systems, improving CI/CD and observability, and solving complex distributed-systems and production challenges across multiple teams.

Location: United States (Remote-First)

Salary: $180,000–$225,000 gross annual base salary plus variable compensation.

Company

hirify.global provides a SaaS-based global employment platform and AI-powered HR compliance solutions for organizations hiring and managing international teams.

What you will do

• Define and evolve architecture and engineering practices across multiple teams.
• Lead technical designs, RFCs, architecture reviews, and critical code reviews.
• Build and ship production systems across AI, backend, cloud, infrastructure, and full-stack applications.
• Design and operate AI systems covering model integration, orchestration, retrieval, evaluation, and monitoring.
• Improve CI/CD, testing, observability, reliability, security, and developer experience.
• Create reusable platforms and libraries, resolve complex production issues, and mentor engineers.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in architecture and strong experience building and operating production software systems.
• Founding Engineer experience with scaling startups and the ability to influence multiple teams without formal authority.
• Deep expertise in AI systems, backend or distributed systems, infrastructure, and cloud architecture.
• Practical knowledge of foundation models, inference, retrieval, orchestration, evaluation, latency, and cost.
• Strong full-stack development experience with Python, Go, TypeScript, Kubernetes, and major cloud platforms.
• Resourceful, independent, and able to lead technically complex initiatives as an active individual contributor.

Culture & Benefits

• Remote-first environment with flexible work arrangements and distributed teams.
• Competitive compensation with an annual bonus for non-sales roles.
• Paid parental leave and flexible time off.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance, plus spending accounts.
• Sabbatical available after five years.
• Inclusive workplace with reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities.