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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Software Engineer, AI - Squad Team Organization - **Company:** Ironclad, Inc. - **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $180,000.0 - $200,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Code Review, Software Debugging, Programming Tools, Distributed Systems, Systems Analysis, Apache Maven, Node.Js, Search Technologies, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Cloud Platform System, ReactJS, Large Language Models, Backend, Multiplatform - **Published:** August 11, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/senior-software-engineer-ai-squad-team-san-francisco-ca--84cc7fd9-b565-4ca9-b095-d5320f96add0 ## About the Role Execution * Ability to build and ship production software in fast-paced environments. * Ability to lead ambiguous, cross-functional efforts and turning them into concrete outcomes. * High agency and ownership: you see gaps, form a point of view, and drive things forward. * Strong bias to action, with the ability to balance speed and quality. * Excellent collaboration skills and low ego; you work well by influence, not just authority. Technical Strength * Strong software engineering fundamentals, especially in backend systems and distributed systems. * Ability to learn unfamiliar systems quickly and be productive in codebases you did not originally build. * Experience building AI-powered product features, platforms, or internal developer systems. * Familiarity with modern LLM application patterns such as agentic workflows, retrieval, evals, tool use, and quality/error analysis. * Comfort using AI coding tools to accelerate development, while maintaining engineering rigor and sound judgment. Product Mindset * Strong product instinct and customer empathy. * You care not just about whether a system works, but whether it solves an important user problem. * Excitement about iterating quickly, learning from real usage, and improving product quality over time., Our stack includes TypeScript, React, Node.js, and cloud-native infrastructure. Experience with the exact stack is less important than your ability to learn quickly, operate across systems, and ship high-quality work., Analysis Skills, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Associated Press, Audio Engineering, Automation, Cloud Computing, Coaching, Code Reviews, Concrete, Contract Management, Cross-Functional, Debugging Skills, Distributed Computing, Insider List, Leadership, Legal, LinkedIn, Maven, Mentoring, Multiplatform/Cross-Platform, Node.js, Problem Solving Skills, Product Design, Product Development, Product Engineering, Product Shipments, Programming Tools, Prototyping, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Quality Management, Quality Metrics, React.js, Resolve Customer Issues, Sales, Semantic Search, Software Engineering, System Operations, Systems Analysis, Team Player, Technical Leadership, World Health Organization (WHO) ## Description This is a hybrid role. Office attendance is required at least twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays for collaboration and connection. There may be additional in-office days for team or company events. About the Role We are building a new elite Squad Team: a small, high-leverage engineering group focused on fast-moving, high-priority AI initiatives across Ironclad. This is not a traditional team tied to one surface area for years. Instead, the Squad Team is designed to move quickly across product and platform boundaries: incubating new AI capabilities, accelerating strategic bets, unblocking critical delivery gaps, and helping bring promising ideas from concept to production. As amember of the Squad Team, you will be one of the technical anchors for this effort, and report to VP Engineering of AI. You will work across multiple codebases (including starting new ones) and domains, partner closely with product and engineering leaders, and help us execute some of the company's most important AI initiatives. You should be excited about ambiguity, energized by fast context switching, and motivated by building real products that deliver customer value quickly. We have multiple roles open, and hiring a range of levels. This is the right role for people who are high-agency builders who combine strong technical depth with product sense, urgency, and excellent judgment. What You'll Do * Lead the design and delivery of high-priority AI initiatives across Ironclad, from early prototype through production launch. * Rapidly ramp into new systems, codebases, and problem areas, and drive execution with minimal hand-holding. * Incubate new product ideas in areas such as contract AI, agentic workflows, intelligent extraction, search, and automation. * Partner closely with product, design, legal domain experts, and go-to-market teams to turn customer needs into shipped product. * Raise the engineering bar through strong technical judgment, crisp execution, and pragmatic use of AI-assisted development tools. * Identify organizational or technical bottlenecks and help close them, whether by building, debugging, simplifying, or unblocking teams. * Mentor other engineers through hands-on leadership, code reviews, technical direction, and example-setting. * Help shape how Ironclad builds with modern AI systems, including evals, orchestration, prompting, retrieval, and production quality standards., The Squad Team is meant to be a force multiplier for the organization. You won't be limited to one narrow lane. You'll help us: * incubate new AI product bets * accelerate critical initiatives * fill execution gaps where speed and technical depth matter most * bring strong engineering craftsmanship to the company's most strategic work This role is a great fit for someone who loves operating like a founder inside a company: moving quickly, solving hard problems, and creating leverage wherever it matters most. How We Work We believe in technical leaders who stay close to the work. This role is highly hands-on. You will spend most of your time building, designing, debugging, and driving execution, while also mentoring others and helping shape technical direction. You'll join a team that values: * urgency with good judgment * high ownership * product thinking * strong engineering craft * practical, fast learning * low ego and high collaboration ## Related Videos - [Stop using Node.js like in 2020! 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