Staff Engineer, AI Productivity

Hightouch
North America
Workplace: RemoteFull timeUSD 180,000 - 400,000 annuallyFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningSkills: ["AI","Go","GraphQL","TypeScript","JavaScript","CI/CD","Monorepos","Cloud","Docker","Kubernetes","Documentation","MCP","Internal tooling"]

Lead and implement the end-to-end AI-assisted development experience to accelerate engineering productivity. Build infrastructure, tooling, and documentation enabling AI agents to operate in cloud-based development environments, integrate MCP servers with internal systems, and provide context and guidance for agents to navigate the codebase. Drive cross-team improvements, own developer tooling, and stay at the forefront of AI productivity trends to raise engineering velocity and quality.

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Hightouch
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3 months ago

Staff Engineer, AI Productivity

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Job Summary

Lead and implement the end-to-end AI-assisted development experience to accelerate engineering productivity. Build infrastructure, tooling, and documentation enabling AI agents to operate in cloud-based development environments, integrate MCP servers with internal systems, and provide context and guidance for agents to navigate the codebase. Drive cross-team improvements, own developer tooling, and stay at the forefront of AI productivity trends to raise engineering velocity and quality.
Location: North America
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning

Key Responsibilities

  • •Own and evolve the AI-assisted development experience across the codebase, including cloud-based development environments and full test execution
  • •Build MCP server integrations that connect agents to internal systems like CircleCI, Slack, Datadog, and Github
  • •Create and maintain agents.md and other guidance to ensure agents understand conventions and package structures
  • •Collaborate with engineers to identify root causes of agent struggles and develop tooling or docs to address them
  • •Serve as a PM-like leader for internal AI agents, staying abreast of AI productivity trends and driving improvements across the company

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 180,000 - 400,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Strong software engineering fundamentals and the ability to dive into complex backend code quickly
  • •Hands-on experience with AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, Copilot, Devin)
  • •Experience writing effective agent documentation or context files that improved agent output
  • •Track record of building developer tools or infrastructure used by other engineers
  • •Comfortable working across the stack including CI/CD, cloud infrastructure, internal tooling, and application code
Experience:AI toolingDeveloper productivityPlatform engineering
Skills:AIGoGraphQLTypeScriptJavaScriptCI/CDMonoreposCloudDockerKubernetesDocumentationMCPInternal tooling
Languages:English
Tech Stack:TypeScriptJavaScriptGoGraphQLCI/CDDockerKubernetesMonoreposCloud

Company Brief

Hightouch
Provides a reverse ETL platform that syncs customer and product data from data warehouses to operational tools, enabling analytics-driven activation across sales, marketing, and support systems.
Industry: Data Infrastructure
Company Size: Medium (51 to 250 employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Funding: Series C
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2019
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