Staff AI Engineer

The Role

At Unqork, we are seeking an engineer to help shape the core intelligence and behavior of an AI agent that assists users in building Unqork applications. This role involves blending applied AI engineering with backend systems work, suitable for someone who has built agent-powered products and enjoys tackling ambiguous, high-impact problems end-to-end.

Responsibilities

• Shape the core intelligence and behavior of the agent — how it interprets intent, plans, assists, and recovers from failure — so that it reliably helps users build working Unqork applications.
• Help scale the backend that powers the agent in production, contributing to a service that stays fast, observable, and resilient as usage grows.
• Drive how we measure and raise agent quality over time, turning real-world usage into a feedback loop that makes the product steadily more capable and trustworthy.

Requirements

• Strong software engineering fundamentals — you design clean systems, reason about tradeoffs independently, and ship well-tested code that holds up in production.
• Experience building and operating backend services at scale, with a feel for performance, reliability, and observability; proficiency in TypeScript and Python.
• A track record of building AI- or agent-powered products, and good judgment about how to apply LLMs to real problems — what they're good at, where they break, and how to design around both.
• Strong product intuition — you make sound product decisions in ambiguity, weigh user needs against technical tradeoffs, and know which problems are worth solving.
• You are an avid user of AI coding tools and are passionate about exploring how AI can automate workflows, enhance creativity, and increase your personal impact.

Qualifications

• Experience with agent frameworks or developer kits (e.g. ADK) and the broader LLM tooling ecosystem.
• Background in developer tools, low-code/no-code platforms.
• Front-end development skills with TypeScript/React.

Skills

Our ideal candidate is an avid user of AI coding tools and is passionate about exploring how AI can automate workflows, enhance creativity, and increase their personal impact.

Benefits

• Work from home with a remote-first community
• Unlimited PTO (and the encouragement to use it)
• Student loan payback program
• 100% employer-covered medical, dental, and vision options available to you and your dependents
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Monthly stipend toward your WFH setup, vacation, development and more
• Employer-sponsored 401(k) with contribution match
• Subsidized ClassPass Membership
• Generous Paid Parental Leave
• Hiring Ranges Tier 1: $155,000 - $220,000 Tier 2: $145,000 - $210,000

Pay & Schedule

• Market-driven approach to establishing compensation ranges.
• Geographic differential incorporated into compensation structure.
• Tier 1: New York Metro, Seattle Metro, San Francisco Bay Area
• Tier 2: All other US and US territory locations

About Unqork

Unqork empowers enterprises to accelerate growth by rapidly building, testing, and running AI-powered Regenerative Applications. Trusted by the world’s largest organizations in highly regulated industries, Regenerative Applications become more secure over time while significantly reducing technical debt—allowing businesses to focus on innovation rather than maintenance. Unqork's customers include Goldman Sachs, Marsh, BlackRock, and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. At Unqork, we value inclusive and innovative thinkers who boldly challenge the status quo. We encourage you to apply!