Staff AI Engineer at Foodsmart. Location Information: United States. Foodsmart is the largest telehealth network of registered dietitians in the country with a mission to make eating well simple.. Own the architecture and implementation of distributed, high-scale backend systems and APIs that serve machine learning models in production.. Lead technical design for AI integration across product lines, enabling real-time and batch inference workflows using LLMs, transformers, and classification models.. Drive the fine-tuning and deployment of pre-trained models (e.g., from Hugging Face or OpenAI) for mission-critical business use cases in domains such as healthcare, finance, or operations.. Integrate external AI services where appropriate and evaluate trade-offs for build vs. buy decisions.. Define and evolve platform-wide standards for backend engineering, MLOps, model governance, and observability.. Mentor and support senior and mid-level engineers, both within your team and across functions, to elevate system design and code quality.. Collaborate with cross-functional leaders in product, ML research, data engineering, and DevOps to align technical initiatives with business goals.. Influence AI strategy and roadmap, evaluating emerging technologies and frameworks for future adoption.. Lead root-cause analyses and performance tuning to ensure systems remain reliable, efficient, and scalable.. 8+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 2+ years at the Staff Engineer level or equivalent. 4+ years of experience with backend development in TypeScript, Node.js, and SQL-based RDBMS (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL). 1+ years deploying ML/AI models to production, with hands-on experience fine-tuning LLMs or transformer-based models. Deep understanding of system architecture, cloud infrastructure (AWS), and scalable API design. Strong experience with Data Pipeline tooling (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes, dbt, Dagster) and model deployment practices. Proven leadership in setting technical direction, mentoring engineers, and driving cross-team projects to completion. Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. Pay range:. $190K - $210K. Remote-First Company. Unlimited PTO. Flexible & remote location. Healthcare Coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision). 401k & bonus. Registered Dietitian Sessions
Staff AI Engineer at Foodsmart