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# AI Engineer

- **Company:** Tapcart, Inc
- **Location:** Santa Monica, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $175,000.0 - $350,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Databases, Github, Backend, Front End Software Development, Virtual Agents
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://startup.jobs/sr-ai-engineer-tapcart-inc-8414458

## About the Role

* You want to work with colleagues who have high standards and who love building beautiful, performant software
 * You prefer the dopamine of working on software that will get into hundreds of millions of users' hands, vs working on enterprise, forward-deployed software, * 5+ years of engineering and product work
 * Demonstrated skills across frontend, backend and database layers
 * A Github that is more green than black

## Description

* Architect and ship core product that feels durable, fast and clean. Work across multiple stacks to deliver impact.
 * Design our proactive AI agent orchestration layers used by thousands of high growth brands
 * Prototype new interaction patterns for human-agent collaboration
 * Raise our bar for engineering craft, help with recruiting, and hold the line on quality
 * Dogfood the platform and our apps every day :)

You'll be a true owner, from prototype to production, and work side-by-side with the CEO, design, and key stakeholders, all while staying close to merchants to deliver value early and iterate quickly.


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