Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Emergence AI is building next-generation agentic AI systems that move beyond code generation to provable task completion, verification, and long-horizon autonomy. As a Staff AI Engineer, you will bring AI expertise and a builder's mindset to advance AI capabilities, working on designing workflows, verification systems, and building infrastructure for autonomous agents.
Responsibilities
- Drive cutting-edge AI capabilities across multiple layers of the agent platform from workflow orchestration and verification systems to custom workflow builders and agent operations infrastructure
- Ensure a high craft and quality bar in both AI agent performance and platform reliability , build systems that are fast, correct, and maintainable
- Collaborate with fellow engineers, designers, product managers, and customers to integrate platform functionality into frontier agentic products and deliver customer value
- Contribute to platform reliability, code quality, AI evaluation, testing, and maintenance across the broader engineering team
- Mentor and elevate engineers around you , share knowledge, review code thoughtfully, and raise the technical bar for the team
Skills
- 8+ years of experience building backend systems, distributed systems, or data infrastructure, with at least 2+ years focused on AI/ML engineering in production environments
- Experience building and shipping multi-model or multi-provider AI systems in production using LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar), prompt engineering, function calling, or agent frameworks at scale
- Track record at both startups AND enterprise companies, you know how to move fast while maintaining reliability and can navigate both worlds effectively
- Familiarity with context management, session state, or memory systems in AI or distributed systems. You've thought about what the model sees and why it matters
- Experience with evaluation frameworks, testing strategies for AI systems, or quality measurement in production ML systems
- Strong systems thinking around safety, verification, and correctness, you've built guardrails, validation layers, or compliance systems where 'probably right' isn't good enough
- Excitement about agentic AI and the infrastructure challenges of making autonomous systems reliable when the stakes are real
- A bias toward full ownership: you navigate ambiguity well, don't wait for perfect specs, and take problems from concept through production deployment
- Comfortable working with a small, fast-moving team where you'll dive in, take ownership, mentor others, and elevate the engineering culture
Benefits
- Comprehensive health & wellness benefits, including medical, dental, vision, HSA, and FSA options
- Voluntary insurance offerings for additional coverage
- 401(k) plan with company match
- Flexible time off and company holidays to support rest and recharge
- Flexible remote work environment
- One-time home office setup stipend
- Ongoing monthly stipend to support your work-from-home needs
Company Overview
Emergence is the frontier AI lab turning cutting-edge agentic research into enterprise infrastructure. It was founded in 2024, and is headquartered in New York, New York, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.emergence.ai.Company H1B Sponsorship
Emergence AI has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2022. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.