remote

Salary
Posted
Jul 15, 2026
Location
Last confirmed open
Jul 21, 2026

What this job asks for AI summary

A technical leadership role focused on building and owning the internal engineering infrastructure that allows both human developers and AI agents to produce reliable, production-ready software. Day-to-day work spans autonomous coding pipelines, root-cause analysis systems, architectural enforcement tooling, CI/CD integrations, and evaluation frameworks that measure AI-generated output against real engineering outcomes. Suited to an engineer with deep systems-thinking experience and hands-on background with AI-assisted development workflows.

Senior level · Remote · Full-time

Must have (3)
AI agentsJava or JavaScriptCI/CD
Nice to have (2)
SalesforceApex

“or” means any one of them counts — you don't need all of them.

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How this req sits in the market our data

Roughly 114,000 people nationally plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 47,800–171,000

Applicant volume Heavy — This req sits in a large pool with little in its requirements to thin it, and auto-apply tools fire at everything in the occupation. Applying early and leading with the rare skills below is what gets read.

What won't set you apart
Java62%CI/CD45%

Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.

What the occupation pays Median $138,970 (middle half $107,524–$175,762).

Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Jul 28, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.

Why we read it this way (8)

The title 'AI Engineering Systems Lead' carries no standard seniority level word, so the title states no level; however, the scope (owning foundational AI engineering infrastructure, cross-team influence, high autonomy) and the depth of requirements clearly support a Senior classification.

SOC classification is Medium-confidence: the role is primarily about building internal developer tooling, autonomous coding pipelines, and AI-driven engineering platforms — squarely software development (15-1252) — but its platform/infrastructure-engineering flavor makes 15-1299 a plausible runner-up.

No specific total years of experience are stated anywhere in the posting.

Java and JavaScript are listed together as examples of acceptable languages ('such as Java, JavaScript, or similar technologies') — they are treated as interchangeable alternatives for a single programming-language requirement rather than two distinct mandated skills.

Compensation is described qualitatively (base salary + annual bonus + LTIP, level based on experience) with no numeric figures provided.

Salesforce and Apex are explicitly called out as 'a plus but not required' — listed as preferred.

Visa sponsorship is not available; candidates must be authorized to work in the United States.

Caller marked this a fully-remote role — scored against the national candidate pool.

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