Nickerson Talent Solutions · 12 hours ago
Core Software Engineer (Applied AI) — Multiple Levels | Edgescale AI
Nickerson Talent Solutions is hiring for Edgescale AI, which builds real-world AI systems where reliability and performance matter. The Core Engineer will build production-grade AI capabilities for the edge platform, focusing on scalable, reliable, and repeatable solutions.
Responsibilities
Build and operate production AI systems, including agentic workflows, orchestration, and tool calling
Design evaluation, monitoring, and safety systems to ensure reliable, measurable AI behavior
Develop private AI platform capabilities such as fine-tuning, inference optimization, and runtime performance improvements
Implement guardrails, policy constraints, auditability, and rollback mechanisms
Build clean APIs and tooling that make AI easy to integrate and scale
For senior roles, mentor engineers and raise the technical bar
Qualification
Required
6+ years building production software
Strong distributed systems fundamentals
Hands-on Docker/Kubernetes experience
REST/gRPC experience
Experience with evaluation frameworks
Monitoring experience
Production safety controls experience
Strong engineering judgment
Clear communication
Ownership mindset
Preferred
Experience with AI platforms
Experience with agentic systems