Senior Software Engineer | AI Search
8am is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join our team of experienced AI engineers dedicated to enhancing and expanding our suite of products. In this role, you will design and build AI-powered features that delight our customers, create new capabilities, and strengthen our platform. You will collaborate with engineers, product managers, and data scientists to bring cutting-edge AI into production, ensuring it drives meaningful business and customer outcomes.
Key responsibilities include collaborating with product managers and stakeholders to translate business problems into AI-driven solutions. You will design, implement, and integrate AI features into existing 8am products, partner with the Data team to ensure the right data is collected and prepared for AI consumption, and build and evaluate AI-powered services from prototypes to general availability. Additionally, you will write high-quality Python code, develop tools and infrastructure for reliable AI deployment, and work with our cloud operations team to deploy and monitor AI features.
The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of professional software engineering experience, ideally in full-stack SaaS application development or backend. A proven track record of building and deploying production-ready AI/ML services is essential, along with hands-on experience with LLM frameworks and related tooling. Strong Python development skills, experience building scalable data infrastructure, and familiarity with AWS cloud environments and modern DevOps practices are also required.
The annual salary range for this position is $150,000 to $175,000. 8am is committed to offering competitive, fair, and commensurate compensation, with actual compensation varying based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and education. Additional benefits include health insurance coverage, financial perks such as annual bonuses and equity options, flexible time off, wellness stipends, continuous learning opportunities, and engagement in community service programs.
At 8am, our culture is shaped by continuous learning, genuine community, holistic wellness, and meaningful engagement. Our core values—Work Smart, Win Fast; Outshine Ordinary; and We Find a Way—drive how we serve our customers and collaborate as a team. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment that embraces diversity and fosters innovation, providing opportunities for growth and making a real impact every day.