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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Engineer - **Company:** Cornerstone Barricades - **Location:** United States (Remote available) - **Experience:** Expert - **Salary:** $99,840.0 - $104,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Component-Based Software Engineering, Software Applications, Automation of Tests, Code Generation, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Machine Learning, Software Maintenance, Secure Coding, Software Engineering, Backend, Code Restructuring - **Published:** September 5, 2026 - **Apply:** https://zipstaff.betterteam.com/senior-ai-engineer-ai-native-software-development/apply/standard ## About the Role * 8-10+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production applications. * Proven ability to design and implement APIs, services, and maintainable application components. * Hands-on experience using AI coding tools as part of a daily engineering workflow (code generation, debugging, testing, refactoring, documentation). * Strong engineering judgment to review and refine AI-generated code for quality, security, and maintainability. * Experience contributing to backend and/or full-stack solutions. * Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a small, fast-iteration team. * Strong communication skills with engineering and product stakeholders. * Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future. Preferred Qualifications: * Experience helping define or improve AI-assisted engineering standards and workflows. * Healthcare, analytics, or regulated-industry software delivery experience. * Familiarity with modern CI/CD, automated testing, and secure coding practices. ## Description This role is not focused on training AI models or building machine-learning pipelines. You will be a strong software engineer who uses AI tools as a first-class part of the daily engineering workflow to accelerate development, improve testing, and shorten feedback loops - while shipping production-grade software safely and at high quality. What You'll Do: * Build and enhance production-grade software applications using AI-assisted development workflows. * Translate product and technical requirements into working, maintainable software. * Use AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, refactoring, and documentation. * Review, validate, and refine AI-generated code for correctness, performance, security, and maintainability. * Design and implement clean, well-structured APIs, services, and application components. * Contribute to scalable backend systems and full-stack solutions as required. * Orchestrate AI tools across code generation, refactoring, test creation, debugging, and documentation. * Follow and help refine AI-native engineering standards established by the Tech Lead. * Collaborate with AI-Native Tech Architects to implement architectural and engineering best practices. * Deliver features end-to-end within a small AI-native team. * Coordinate with adjacent teams on integration, dependencies, and shared services. * Communicate technical issues and tradeoffs clearly to engineering and product stakeholders. ## Related Videos - [Are We All Prompt Engineers? 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