Software Engineer, AI DevX

About the role

The ideal candidate combines deep software engineering expertise with a passion for AI, an obsession with developer productivity, strong collaborative instincts, and proven experience shipping and maintaining tools that developers rely on daily.

Responsibilities

• Stay at the forefront of the AI development ecosystem. Deeply understand model capabilities, evaluate emerging tools critically, and make informed decisions about when and how to adopt new technologies.
• Drive proficiency with the most effective AI coding tools and practices across the engineering organization.
• Build platforms that help our devs offload more work to AI and empower AI to perform better when doing Ramp dev work.
• Gather developer feedback, identify friction points, and iterate on solutions that improve developer velocity.
• Grow AI vendor partnerships and serve as the advocate for Ramp’s engineers.

Requirements

• Typically 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Deep backend engineering expertise spanning infrastructure, services, and data systems
• Python proficiency; Strong Bash/Unix fundamentals
• You thrive in your terminal, instinctively crafting reusable tools as you work
• Obsessed with productivity, automation, and optimization
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Strong AI fluency and AI coding tool proficiency

Qualifications

• Nice to have: Active power user of AI coding agents, proven track record shipping and maintaining developer tools, demonstrated experience building AI-powered systems, experience leading technical teams and owning technical roadmaps, forward-deployed engineering or public speaking/writing experience, background in AI/ML, able to read and understand AI research papers, expertise in: Data Engineering, Frontend Engineering, Docker, Terraform

Skills

• Expertise in: Data Engineering, Frontend Engineering, Docker, Terraform

Benefits

• Available To All Full-time Ramp Employees (Global)
• Flexible PTO
• Centralized home-office equipment ordering
• Health and wellness stipend
• Budget for intra-office travel
• Weekly coffee stipend
• In-office perks: lunch, snacks, drinks, and more
• Relocation support to NYC or SF (as needed)