Lead Software Engineer, Generative AI @Varicent
Software Development
Salary market leading ..
Remote Location
Job Type full-time
Posted 1mth ago

[Hiring] Lead Software Engineer, Generative AI @Varicent

1mth ago - Varicent is hiring a remote Lead Software Engineer, Generative AI. 💸 Salary: market leading compensation package 📍Location: USA, Canada

Role Description

This role involves building production GenAI features and requires a staff software developer with strong engineering skills and a passion for building scalable AI systems.

  • Contribute to the design and delivery of GenAI features
  • Collaborate closely with technical leads and senior stakeholders
  • Maintain technical quality and scalability across a feature area
  • Own AI-enabled components end-to-end and deliver measurable improvements in quality and reliability
  • Operate independently and drive design decisions within your area
  • Help set strong engineering standards through reviews and mentorship

What you’ll do

  • Own delivery for significant features or systems: clarify requirements, design the solution, execute, ship, and iterate
  • Build and maintain reliable services and workflows that support AI features in production
  • Define how quality is measured for your area (success metrics, test strategy, evaluation approach) and automate it wherever possible
  • Run structured experiments, interpret results, and translate learnings into product improvements
  • Improve operational readiness: deployment automation, monitoring/alerting, incident follow-up, and performance/cost optimizations
  • Mentor teammates through design feedback, code reviews, and practical guidance

GenAI expectations

  • Solid working knowledge of how modern AI applications are built and evaluated
  • Strong learning speed: can evaluate new models/tools, assess feasibility, and recommend a path forward based on evidence and ROI
  • Build solutions that are safe and compliant by design (privacy, data handling, safeguards), partnering with Legal/Security as needed

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in software engineering
  • 3+ years building and shipping production software in product teams
  • Bachelor’s in computer science, Engineering, or related field
  • Strong software engineering fundamentals and system design
  • Hands-on coding in Python and/or TypeScript (or similar), APIs/services, data pipelines
  • Cloud experience, CI/CD, automated testing, observability; engineers own quality without dedicated QA
  • Experimentation mindset: define metrics, build evals, iterate quickly; willingness to learn GenAI rapidly

Nice to Have

  • GenAI/LLM: prompt engineering, retrieval/RAG, function/tool-calling, evaluation pipelines, fine-tuning/LoRA, embeddings/vector search
  • LLMOps: experiment tracking, prompt/version control, cost/latency optimization
  • Tools: serverless AWS, LangChain/LangGraph, OpenAI/Anthropic/Azure OpenAI; vector DBs (Pinecone/FAISS/Milvus)
  • External contributions (open source, blogs, talks)

How we work

  • Balance exploration with delivery: test ideas quickly, then productionize what works
  • “Done” means quality goals are met; then we keep improving accuracy, cost, and performance
  • The team owns systems end-to-end (build, release, reliability)

Requirements

  • This role requires employees to work within Eastern Standard Time (EST) business hours
  • Flexibility will be essential to ensure seamless collaboration with the team and stakeholders
  • This position is fully remote, offering you the flexibility to work from anywhere

Benefits

  • Market Leading Compensation Package
  • Wellness Programs to Support Health and Wellbeing
  • Working with the latest tools and technologies in a fast-paced environment
  • Remote Work Flexibility
  • Comprehensive Employee Insurance Coverage: Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance
  • Annual Time Off: Time off is provided in accordance with applicable legislative requirements
  • Global Connected Culture: Hubs in Romania, UK, US, Canada
  • Dynamic Work Culture: Thrive in our innovative and multicultural environment
  • Grow with Us: Continuous development opportunities
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