# Lead Software Engineer

**Company:** [Eloquent AI](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/eloquent-ai)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, AWS, GCP, Azure, LLMs, GraphQL, WebSockets
**Posted:** 2026-02-19

> Leads development of AI-powered full-stack applications, oversees engineers, and integrates LLMs/RAG for enterprise workflows. Requires 8+ years experience with React, TypeScript, Node.js, Python, and cloud infrastructure.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and build full-stack applications that power AI-driven workflows for enterprise users.
- Oversee and review the work of other engineers, ensuring high-quality, production-ready code.
- Provide technical guidance, architectural direction, and hands-on support where needed.
- Develop high-performance front-end interfaces for AI agent control, monitoring, and visualisation.
- Build scalable backend services that support real-time AI interactions, knowledge retrieval, and automation.
- Work closely with AI researchers and ML engineers to integrate LLMs, RAG, and automation into production-ready systems.
- Establish engineering best practices across testing, deployment, and performance optimisation.
- Continuously iterate and refine AI-driven products, balancing speed with robustness.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of hands-on experience building full-stack production applications.
- Prior experience leading or mentoring engineers.
- Proficiency in **React**, **TypeScript**, and **Node.js**.
- Backend experience using **Python**.
- Strong knowledge of cloud infrastructure (**AWS**, **GCP**, or **Azure**) and scalable architectures.
- Understanding of AI-powered applications (**LLMs**, chat interfaces, agentic workflows).
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, high-autonomy environment.
- Strong collaboration skills across engineering, product, and AI teams.

## Bonus Points
- Experience building AI-powered applications with LLM integrations.
- Worked in high-performance startups or enterprise AI environments.
- Sharp eye for UI/UX design and built intuitive, AI-driven interfaces.
- Experience with **GraphQL**, **WebSockets**, or real-time data streaming.
- Contributed to open-source projects or built developer tools for AI.

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