Synaxia Group · 7 hours ago
Staff AI Engineer
New York, United States
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$200K/yr - $300K/yr
4+ years expSynaxia Group is a well-funded startup looking for a Senior/Staff AI Engineer to join their team. In this role, you will design and build AI capabilities from first principles, work directly with founders on high-impact decisions, and take ownership of projects from idea to production.
Information Technology & Services
No H1B
Hiring Manager
Mario Michaels
Responsibilities
Designing and building AI capabilities from first principles, not bolting models onto fragile systems
Making clear trade-offs between speed today and scalability tomorrow
Working directly with founders on high-impact technical and product decisions
Taking ownership of projects end-to-end — from idea to production
Mentoring other engineers and setting the quality bar
Talking to customers to understand real-world constraints
Qualification
Required
4–10 years building AI-driven products in production environments
Experience in agentic or applied AI systems, not just experiments
Strong software engineering fundamentals (Python, modern backend stacks)
Comfort operating in ambiguity — and enjoying it
A mindset that says: 'I'd rather own the problem than wait for instructions.'
Benefits
Equity
Meaningful equity
Company
Synaxia Group
Great things happen when you have the right people! People are every company’s greatest asset.
2-10 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageCompany data provided by crunchbase