ActiveCampaign

Senior AI Engineer

ActiveCampaign$148K — $203K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in software, platform, or infrastructure engineering.
  • Strong design and implementation skills for production-ready systems and integrations.
  • Experience with cloud environments and modern deployment patterns.
  • Proficient in troubleshooting complex infrastructure and application issues.
  • Background in building internal platforms and shared services.
  • Solid understanding of system design, reliability, scalability, and security.
  • Effective communication skills for cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

  • Own the design and evolution of core capabilities for AI agent platform.
  • Define and enhance deployment patterns and shared services for agent use cases.
  • Translate strategic goals into scalable AI agent solutions in partnership with stakeholders.
  • Debug issues and support builders in day-to-day development activities.
  • Investigate and fix failing repositories and environment issues at their root.
  • Build and maintain shared services for team-wide use.
  • Set technical direction for durable capability design.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health benefits including fully-covered HDHP and access to telehealth services.
  • Opportunities for professional growth through LinkedIn Learning and career programs.
  • Open PTO policy for work-life balance.
  • Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting and quarterly perks.
  • Four-week paid sabbatical after five years.
  • Collaborative culture fostering innovation and teamwork.
Full Job Description
Are you a hands-on technical builder passionate about driving business innovation through cutting-edge AI architecture? ActiveCampaign is seeking an Sr AI Engineer - AI Transformation Hub who will sit at the critical intersection of infrastructure and business innovation. In this role, you will not just help build capabilities-you will take meaningful ownership of how key parts of our internal AI agent platform evolve. You will help design the technical foundation that enables teams across the company to build, deploy, operate, and improve AI agents at scale.

This position is focused on architecting and owning the core capabilities that make agent development reliable, reusable, and scalable. You will design and improve deployment patterns, integrations, observability frameworks, and shared infrastructure that allow us to move beyond simple automation into complex, mission-critical business processes across the company. Beyond building platform capabilities, you will work directly with cross-functional teams to move agents from ambitious ideas to production-ready solutions. You will help define technical patterns, shape how capabilities should be built, and unblock teams day to day-ensuring our infrastructure directly supports strategic business impact.
What Good Looks Like
  • Agent teams can build faster because core infrastructure, standards, and patterns are already in place.
  • Shared capabilities are designed with enough quality and reusability that multiple teams can adopt them without starting from scratch.
  • Agent deployment becomes more reliable, supportable, and scalable across a growing set of business use cases.
  • Technical blockers around integrations, permissions, environments, and monitoring are reduced over time because this role proactively addresses root causes.
  • The AI Transformation Hub has stronger technical direction around how core agent capabilities should be designed, implemented, and operated.
  • Builders across the organization are better supported because they have a senior technical partner who can guide design decisions, debug issues, and help move critical work forward.


On a Typical Day, You Might:

  • Own the design and evolution of core capabilities within our internal AI agent platform to support high-impact business workflows and AI agents.
  • Define and improve deployment patterns, shared services, and orchestration approaches that enable complex agent use cases to run reliably.
  • Partner with business stakeholders to translate high-priority strategic goals into scalable AI agent solutions.
  • Work hands-on with builders to debug issues, answer technical questions, and unblock day-to-day development while also improving the underlying platform.
  • Investigate failing repositories, run code locally when needed, and fix infrastructure or environment issues at the root cause.
  • Build and maintain shared services-such as reusable modules, integration layers, logging patterns, and data access approaches-that multiple teams can leverage.
  • Drive decisions around observability, governance, permissions, reliability, and cost-aware usage to ensure our AI transformation is sustainable and secure.
  • Help set technical direction for how new capabilities should be designed so we create durable foundations rather than one-off solutions.
  • Collaborate across engineering and business functions to identify and shape new high-value opportunities for agent-led innovation.


The Ideal Candidate Will Bring:

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, platform engineering, solutions engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a similar technical role.
  • Strong ability to design and implement production-ready systems across APIs, services, integrations, and data flows.
  • Experience working with cloud environments and modern application deployment patterns.
  • Comfort troubleshooting complex technical issues across infrastructure, application logic, and third-party integrations.
  • Prior experience building internal platforms, shared services, developer tooling, or reusable technical foundations.
  • Strong understanding of system design, reliability, scalability, and security considerations.
  • Demonstrated ability to take ownership of ambiguous technical problems and drive them from design through implementation.
  • Experience defining technical patterns, processes, or standards that other builders rely on.
  • Practical experience working with AI-powered applications, agent architectures, LLM-based workflows, or adjacent systems.
  • Strong communication skills and the proven ability to work cross-functionally in a fast-moving environment.
  • Comfort with ambiguity and a strong builder mentality, and a bias toward practical execution.


$148,000 - $203,500 a year

Compensation details listed in this posting reflect the base rate only and do not include bonus, equity, sales incentives or other role specific compensation that the role may be eligible for. ActiveCampaign believes in and is committed to equitable compensation practices. The salary range provided above is a good faith estimate of the pay range determined by the location associated with the job posting. The actual salary depends on a candidate's skills, experience, and work location.

Perks and benefits:

At ActiveCampaign, we prioritize employees' well-being and professional growth by cultivating a culture centered on collaboration and innovation. When you join our team, you'll not only have the opportunity to make a significant impact, but also enjoy a range of benefits tailored to support your personal and career development.

Here are some of the benefits we offer:

-Comprehensive Health & Wellness: Top-tier benefits package that includes a fully-covered High Deductible Health Plan (HDHP), complimentary access to telehealth services, and a free subscription to Calm.

-Growth & Development: Access to LinkedIn Learning, professional development programs, and career growth opportunities in a fast-growing organization.

-Generous Paid Time Off: Recharge and take the time you need to maintain work-life balance with open PTO.

-Total Rewards: Generous 401(k) matching with immediate vesting, quarterly perks with commuter and lunch benefits for hub based employees or a stipend for remote workers, and a four-week paid sabbatical with bonus after five years.

-Collaborative Culture: Work alongside brilliant, passionate colleagues in an environment that values innovation, teamwork, and mutual support.

About ActiveCampaign

ActiveCampaign is a cloud software platform for small-to-mid-sized businesses and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company was founded in 2003 by Jason VandeBoom. ActiveCampaign provides marketing automation, email marketing, and CRM tools to help businesses grow. The company has over 130,000 customers in 170 countries. ActiveCampaign has been recognized for its growth and has received numerous awards for its products and services.
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