Juniper Square

Juniper Square

Senior Software Engineer (AI)

Americas (USA or Canada) · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$185k-$225kDetected 56 days ago
PythonDjangoFastAPIFlaskBackend DevelopmentCode ReviewNoSQLVector DatabasesAWSDockerKubernetesCI/CDLLMsRAGIncident ResponseCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

  • We're hiring Senior Software Engineers to join our AI-native engineering team.
  • This is a hands-on individual contributor role for engineers who are deeply fluent in AI-native development and want to work at the intersection of applied AI and backend systems engineering.

Responsibilities

  • Build and Operate AI Systems
  • Design, build, and ship production-quality backend services, APIs, and AI platform components used across multiple engineering teams
  • Build and integrate LLM-powered systems such as RAG pipelines, AI SDKs, evaluation workflows, guardrails, prompt/tool orchestration, and model observability
  • Build internal tools, frameworks, automation, and documentation that improve developer productivity and AI capabilities
  • Participate in code reviews, design reviews, debugging, incident response, and operational support
  • Drive Technical Excellence
  • Contribute to technical design for complex projects, including evaluating tradeoffs and proposing pragmatic implementation plans
  • Partner with product, design, and engineering teams to translate platform needs into well-designed technical solutions
  • Collaborate with Staff and senior engineers to establish reusable patterns and raise engineering standards
  • Build with AI-Native Practices

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating production software systems
  • Strong backend engineering experience with Python frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django
  • Experience with relational/NoSQL databases, including schema design, query optimization, and data modeling
  • Experience with cloud-native technologies such as AWS, Docker, and Kubernetes
  • Strong understanding of CI/CD, observability, and operating services in production
  • Hands-on experience with AI-native development tools (e.g., Cursor, Augment)
  • demonstrated ability to embed AI-driven practices to accelerate velocity and code quality
  • Ability to critically evaluate AI-generated code and outputs, including identifying failure modes, regressions, and edge cases
  • Experience with document processing pipelines, structured extraction from unstructured documents, or vector stores
  • Familiarity with evaluation frameworks for LLM output quality (e.g., RAGAS, custom evals, human-in-the-loop review)
  • Experience building or integrating AI/LLM-powered systems in production - such as RAG pipelines, AI SDKs, evaluation workflows, guardrails, or agentic workflows
  • Ability to break down complex technical problems and deliver pragmatic, maintainable solutions
  • Strong ownership mindset, with the ability to drive projects independently while collaborating effectively
  • Clear communication skills and the ability to explain technical tradeoffs to engineering and cross-functional partners
  • Hands-on experience with AI-native development tools (e.g., Cursor, Augment); demonstrated ability to embed AI-driven practices to accelerate velocity and code quality
  • Background in financial services or fintech

Compensation

  • Compensation for this position includes a base salary, equity, and a variety of benefits.
  • The U.S. base salary range for this role is $185,000 - $225,000 USD.
  • Actual base salaries will be based on candidate-specific factors, including experience, skillset, and location, and local minimum pay requirements as applicable.
  • Annual professional development stipend

Benefits

  • Health, dental, and vision care for you and your family
  • Life insurance
  • Mental wellness coverage
  • Flex Time Off in addition to company-paid holidays
  • Paid family leave, medical leave, and bereavement leave policies
  • Retirement saving plans
  • Annual professional development stipend

Company info

  • Use agentic coding tools and LLM-assisted development as a primary part of your workflow - this is how the entire team operates

This listing is sourced directly from Juniper Square's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.