[Remote] Senior AI Engineer, Product Engineering
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. You.com is building the AI Search Infrastructure that powers modern AI systems. They are seeking a Senior AI Engineer to own the direction of their API surface, lead solutions for strategic accounts, and translate customer insights into product development.
Responsibilities
- Own API product direction. Define the roadmap for our core search APIs and adjacent surfaces — monitoring, vertical feeds, evaluation tooling, and new primitives we haven't built yet. Decide what ships, when, and why
- Lead solutions for strategic accounts. Partner directly with the founders and engineering leaders of our top customers and prospects. Architect their integration, unblock their teams, and turn pilots into long-term partnerships
- Close the loop. Translate what you hear in customer conversations into concrete product bets. Write the specs, prioritize the roadmap, and make sure the highest-leverage learnings actually become shipped features
- Be the technical face of the product. Run technical deep-dives, write the docs and reference implementations that matter most, and show up in the spaces where AI builders are deciding what to use
- Set the technical bar. Work closely with engineering on API design, performance, and developer experience. Push back when something isn't good enough; ship when it is
- Stay in the code. This is a hands-on role. You'll prototype new API primitives and ship production code into the core stack when the highest-leverage thing to do is just build it yourself
Skills
- 5+ years of experience spanning engineering and product roles, with significant time spent on developer-facing or API products
- Deep familiarity with the AI agent and LLM ecosystem
- A track record of owning ambiguous, high-stakes problems end-to-end
- Strong customer instincts
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Comfort with the messy reality of an early-stage startup
- You've shipped a developer API or platform product that real engineers depend on
- You've worked closely with sales or solutions teams in a previous role, or led that motion yourself
- You've built or contributed to AI agents, retrieval systems, or search infrastructure
- You have a public footprint — open-source, writing, talks — in the AI or developer-tools space
Benefits
- Hubs in San Francisco and New York City offering regular in-person gatherings and co-working sessions
- Flexible PTO with U.S. holidays observed and a week shutdown in December to rest and recharge*
- A competitive health insurance plan covers 100% of the policyholder and 75% for dependents*
- 12 weeks of paid parental leave in the US*
- 401k program, 3% match - vested immediately!*
- $500 work-from-home stipend to be used up to a year of your start date*
- $600 technology stipend to support a portion of our hybrid/remote team's cell phone and internet expenses*
- $1,200 per year Health & Wellness Allowance to support your personal goals*
- Certain perks and benefits are limited to full-time employees only
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