Lead AI-Native Software Engineer

Role Description

We’re looking for a hands-on Lead AI-Native Software Engineer to help shape how we build software in the age of agentic AI. This role blends technical leadership, AI-accelerated delivery, and client-facing consulting, with meaningful hands-on time spent designing and shipping solutions alongside the team. You’ll use agentic AI tools such as Claude Code and Codex as a core part of your daily workflow, and you’ll raise the bar for how our teams and our clients build software with them.

• Lead the architecture, design, and implementation of modern software solutions for clients, serving as the senior technical voice on consulting engagements.
• Use agentic AI tools (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, or similar) as a primary development workflow, delegating implementation, testing, and refactoring tasks to agents while maintaining rigorous quality standards.
• Design codebases to be agent-friendly, with clear conventions, strong automated test coverage, and documentation that enables AI tooling to work effectively.
• Establish review and verification practices for AI-generated code, ensuring correctness, security, and maintainability in everything the team ships.
• Build and maintain prompts, custom agents, and CI/CD integrations that automate routine engineering work across client projects.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, communicating complex technical concepts clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders, setting realistic expectations, and building lasting relationships.
• Listen actively and empathetically to client needs, asking thoughtful questions and translating business goals into pragmatic technical roadmaps.
• Mentor and coach engineers on AI-native development practices, raising the velocity and quality of every team you work with.
• Partner with sales and leadership on pre-sales activities, including technical discovery, solution design, and estimating.
• Foster a collaborative, inclusive team culture, giving and receiving feedback constructively, navigating disagreement respectfully, and owning the problem as a team.
• Evaluate emerging AI development tools and patterns and decide which earn a place in the stack.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including experience leading technical teams or serving as a technical lead.
• Real-world, production experience using agentic AI coding tools (such as Claude Code, Codex, or Cursor) to accelerate software delivery, beyond autocomplete-style assistance.
• Prior consulting or customer service experience with a track record of success working directly with external clients or customers.
• Strong expertise in at least one modern language and ecosystem (such as TypeScript/Node, Python, C#/.NET, or Java) and experience delivering on at least one major cloud platform (AWS or Azure).
• Deep grounding in software engineering fundamentals, including architecture, automated testing, CI/CD, and code review, and the judgment to know when to trust agent output and when to inspect it closely.
• Exceptional communication skills, including the ability to explain technical trade-offs to non-technical audiences, facilitate meetings, present with confidence, and write clearly.
• Strong interpersonal skills, including empathy, active listening, patience, and professionalism under pressure.
• Adaptability and curiosity, with a demonstrated habit of learning rapidly evolving tools and helping others do the same.

Requirements

• Experience supporting pre-sales efforts (architecture, scoping, solutioning, estimating) preferred.
• Experience building agentic workflows and infrastructure, such as MCP servers, custom agents, prompt libraries, or AI-assisted CI pipelines.
• Experience driving adoption of AI development practices across a team or organization, including measuring impact on velocity and quality.
• Experience with conflict resolution, stakeholder management, or formal customer-facing roles in a professional services environment.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits

• Competitive financial compensation and utilization bonus plans.
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance.
• 401k, With 4% Matching.
• Paid Time Off.
• Health Savings Account (HSA)/Flexible Spending Account (FSA).
• Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance.
• Business funded Life Insurance Plan.
• Dynamic yet relaxed work atmosphere.
• Wide Variety of Growth Opportunities.