Staff Engineer (AI & Automation)
On-site · Chantilly, Virginia, United States
Chantilly, Virginia, United StatesOn-siteFull TimeSenior LevelNot SpecifiedServicesUnknown
Type
Full Time
Level
Senior Level
Education
Not Specified
Company size
Unknown
Industry
Services
Job Summary
Staff Engineer (AI & Automation) to design, build, and maintain production-grade applications and automations using Node.js, Next.js, Laravel, Python; implement AI-powered features, Zapier automations; collaborate with Creative/Archivist teams; secure coding; CI/CD; documentation.
Required Qualifications
- 4+ years building web applications with Node.js/React/Next.js and internal tools using Python (or equivalent experience).
- Demonstrated experience shipping features with AI platforms like OpenAI, Claude, or Google Gemini APIs (chat/tools/function-calling, embeddings).
- Hands-on Zapier automation experience (webhooks, code steps, paths; robust retry/error handling).
- Strong grounding in secure software practices (OWASP Top 10/ASVS), API design, and relational data modeling (e.g., MySQL / PostgreSQL).
- Proficiency with modern tooling: Git/GitHub, CI/CD, containerization (Docker), testing frameworks (e.g., Vitest/Pytest).
- Comfort using AI coding assistants (e.g., Codex CLI, Claude Code) responsibly to augment—not replace—engineering rigor.
- Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder collaboration skills.
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