Senior Software Engineer, AI Team

Responsibilities

• Build and operate core backend systems: Design, implement, and deploy distributed services and workflows that underpin Sprig’s AI-powered insights, owning projects from early design through production rollout.
• Support product-facing experiences: While backend-focused, contribute across the stack as needed to enable the product features that surface AI analysis to researchers and PMs.
• Advance data and inference workflows: Develop and maintain scalable pipelines for large-scale data processing and AI inference, ensuring performance, reliability, and operational clarity.
• Influence technical decisions: Participate in system design and planning discussions, helping balance iteration speed with long-term system health and scalability.
• Partner cross-functionally: Collaborate closely with product managers, designers, and other engineering teams to shape requirements and deliver well-scoped, high-impact capabilities.
• Strengthen engineering quality: Promote best practices around performance, maintainability, and resilience across the AI platform, while mentoring and learning alongside the team.

Requirements

• Strong backend engineering experience: 5+ years building and maintaining scalable backend systems, with a proven history of shipping robust, production-grade software.
• Proficiency with TypeScript: Most development is done in TypeScript. Experience with Node.js, Temporal, AWS, or PostgreSQL is a plus. Python experience is welcome if you’re comfortable working primarily in TypeScript.
• Product-oriented mindset: You think beyond correctness and care about how systems enable intuitive, high-quality customer experiences.
• Applied AI integration experience: Hands-on experience integrating third-party inference services (such as OpenAI or Anthropic) into real product workflows; model training is not required.
• Distributed systems expertise: Comfortable designing event-driven, data-intensive architectures that operate reliably at scale.
• Prompt and context design knowledge: Familiarity with prompt construction and context management is a strong plus.
• Pragmatic execution style: You balance technical depth with speed, adapt quickly, and enjoy iterating in a fast-moving AI environment.

Compensation

• Salary range: $180,000 - $260,000 + Equity + Benefits
• Competitive Employee Equity
• 401K Program
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits
• FSA/HSA Benefit
• $175/month Commuter Benefit
• Additional Wellbeing Benefits
• Flexible Paid Time Off
• Paid Parental Leave
• Professional Development Stipend
• Hybrid Office Policy
• Lunch and dinner daily
• Company Sponsored Social Events