Hybrid Senior AI Software Engineer

at Stoke Space

• Job title: Senior AI Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: $98,805 - $148,155 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: GraphQL, Postgres, React, TypeScript
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Kent, United States

About the role

• Senior AI Engineer designing and deploying intelligent systems for Boltline, a manufacturing and engineering platform. Focus on automating complex workflows and boosting AI capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement agentic systems and workflows that automate complex, multi-step manufacturing and engineering processes
• Build and maintain RAG pipelines leveraging vector databases to enable intelligent search and retrieval
• Develop comprehensive evaluation frameworks (evals) to measure, monitor, and improve AI system performance, accuracy, and reliability
• Create developer tooling, SDKs, and internal platforms that accelerate AI adoption across the engineering organization
• Integrate LLM APIs and orchestration frameworks into production applications
• Design end-to-end features across the stack using React, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Postgres
• Lead technical design discussions and contribute to architectural decisions for AI-powered features
• Partner with product and hardware teams to identify high-impact opportunities for AI augmentation
• Mentor engineers on AI/ML best practices through code reviews, pairing, and design collaboration
• Participate in Boltline Operational Excellence including participating in on-call rotation and other operational activities

Requirements

• 1-5 years of professional software development experience
• Hands-on experience building agentic systems, autonomous workflows, or AI-powered automation
• Experience building RAG architectures, integrating vector databases, and deploying semantic search implementations
• Experience designing and implementing evaluation frameworks for LLM-based systems
• Proficiency with full-stack development: TypeScript, React, GraphQL, and relational databases
• Familiarity with LLM APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic, etc.) and orchestration frameworks
• Proven ability to own features from concept through deployment and iteration
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills within cross-functional teams
• Comfort working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with a focus on delivering impact.

Benefits

• Equity – We know that our employees are the reason we succeed. To give everyone a stake in our future, we are pleased to offer equity in the form of stock options to all regular, full-time employees.
• Comprehensive benefits program including subsidized medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Company-paid life and disability insurance
• 401(k) plan with employer match
• 4 weeks’ Paid Time Off
• Holidays – 10 days (including an end-of-year closure)
• Paid Family/Parental Leave
• On-site gym or monthly wellness stipend (depending on location)
• Dog friendly offices!