# Senior Software Engineer, AI Team

**Company:** [Sprig](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sprig)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $180k – $260k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** TypeScript, Node.js, Temporal, AWS, Postgres, Python, OpenAI, Anthropic, Distributed Systems, Ai Inference
**Posted:** 2026-01-07

> Build and operate backend systems for AI-powered customer insights, including high-throughput data pipelines and inference orchestration. Requires 5+ years backend experience, TypeScript proficiency, and applied AI integration skills.

## Job Description

## 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

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