Staff AI Corporate Engineer

Laurel Inc

$120K — $145K *
US-AnywhereRemote in United States
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3-6 years of software engineering experience in corporate settings.
  • Hands-on experience with AI ecosystem tools like Claude and OpenAI Codex APIs.
  • Proficiency in building internal developer platforms and CI/CD infrastructure.
  • Experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and container solutions (Kubernetes, Docker).
  • Strong grasp of API gateway protocols, security (OAuth2), and compliance requirements.
  • Skilled in translating governance needs into technical solutions.
  • Excellent communication skills for documenting and explaining technical concepts.

Responsibilities

  • Design and maintain the internal developer platform for creating AI agents.
  • Develop self-service tools for non-engineering teams to deploy AI applications.
  • Oversee CI/CD pipelines for AI agent delivery ensuring security and reliability.
  • Manage hosting infrastructure for AI-generated web pages and portals.
  • Establish AI governance standards for model access and safety.
  • Educate teams on responsible AI practices as an internal expert.
  • Implement observability tools for AI workloads to ensure transparency.

Benefits

  • Technical support and training for internal users on AI tools.
  • Access to up-to-date documentation and onboarding materials.
  • Opportunity to influence AI standards and best practices company-wide.
  • Engagement with various internal business units for practical application of AI.
  • Collaboration with cutting-edge AI technologies and tools.
Full Job Description
Position Overview

We are seeking a Corporate AI Engineer to join our Business Technology team with a specialized focus on enterprise AI enablement and infrastructure. In this role, you will design and operate the internal software factory that empowers employees to build, test, and publish AI agents; manage the hosting infrastructure for AI-generated web experiences; help define and enforce company-wide AI standards; and own the core AI infrastructure layer - covering usage analytics, spend governance, settings configuration, and model management. You will be the connective tissue between cutting-edge AI tooling and every internal team that depends on it.

Key Responsibilities

1. Corporate AI Software Factory
  • Design, build, and maintain the internal developer platform that enables employees to create, test, and publish AI agents and automated workflows.
  • Develop self-service tooling, templates, and scaffolding so non-engineering teams can safely deploy AI-powered applications.
  • Own the CI/CD pipelines specific to AI agent delivery, ensuring repeatable, auditable, and secure release processes.
  • Build and manage hosting infrastructure for AI-generated and AI-assisted web pages and internal portals.


2. AI Standards & Governance
  • Establish guardrails for model access, data handling, prompt safety, and output validation across internal AI deployments.
  • Act as an internal subject-matter expert and advisor, educating teams on best practices for responsible AI integration.
  • Maintain a living AI standards playbook, updated as models, regulations, and organizational needs evolve.


3. AI Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
  • Own and operate the company's central AI infrastructure layer, including usage dashboards, spend tracking, and budget alerting.
  • Manage model configurations, API gateway settings, rate limits, and version-management across multiple AI providers.
  • Implement observability tooling (logging, tracing, cost attribution) for all AI workloads to provide clear visibility to stakeholders.
  • Evaluate and onboard new AI models, tools, and providers, managing the full lifecycle from pilot to production.
  • Design and maintain the MCP (Model Context Protocol) server ecosystem, enabling structured tool-use and agent-to-service integrations.


4. Internal User Enablement
  • Partner with business units to identify AI automation opportunities and translate them into production-ready tooling.
  • Provide technical support, documentation, and training to internal builders using the AI platform.
  • Maintain developer documentation, runbooks, and onboarding guides for the corporate AI ecosystem.


Required Qualifications
  • 3-6 years of software engineering experience in a corporate or enterprise environment.
  • Hands-on experience with AI ecosystem enablement, including one or more of: Claude (Anthropic), OpenAI Codex / GPT APIs, AI agent frameworks, and MCP (Model Context Protocol) integrations.
  • Proficiency building and operating internal developer platforms, software factories, or CI/CD infrastructure.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, or GCP), container orchestration (Kubernetes/Docker), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform or similar).
  • Solid understanding of API gateway patterns, rate limiting, authentication/authorization (OAuth2, API keys, RBAC).
  • Demonstrated ability to translate governance requirements (security, compliance, policy) into technical controls.
  • Strong communication skills - able to write clear documentation and present technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Direct experience with Anthropic Claude APIs, Claude.ai for Teams/Enterprise, or building Claude-powered agents.
  • Familiarity with MCP server development and integration patterns for agentic tool-use.
  • Exposure to AI model management lifecycle: fine-tuning, evaluation, versioning, and rollback strategies.
  • Experience with observability stacks (Datadog, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) applied to LLM / AI services.
  • Prior role as an internal platform or DevOps engineer supporting developer communities.


AI Ecosystem Familiarity (Desired)

Candidates should have working knowledge of - or be eager to rapidly develop expertise in - the following technologies:

  • Claude (Anthropic) - API usage, prompt engineering, Claude.ai Enterprise administration
  • MCP (Model Context Protocol) - server authoring, tool definitions, agent-to-service wiring
  • OpenAI Codex / GPT APIs - integration patterns, function calling, fine-tuning pipelines
  • AI Agents & Orchestration - multi-step reasoning agents, tool-use loops, agentic workflows
  • OpenClaw - open-source AI tooling and interoperability frameworks

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