Senior Staff Engineer & AI Innovation Lead (Elixir, Ruby, Flutter)

What Success Looks Like

One year in, this person will have absorbed our last Staff Engineer's departure without a drop in client delivery, replaced ad hoc AI tool usage with a documented AI skill enhancement strategy that's measurably adopted across every project team, and become the person Staff Engineers and developers point to when asked who owns SmartLogic's technical standards and direction.

Description

SmartLogic is hiring a Senior Staff Engineer & AI Innovation Lead.  This role serves as a senior technical leader who owns the health and direction of SmartLogic’s engineering organization while remaining hands-on as a Staff Engineer (SE) on client project work. This is a new, blended role: part of your time is spent setting technical standards, driving AI-enabled development practices, and coaching our engineering team; the rest is spent in the project leadership seat with clients and code.

SmartLogic is a custom software development agency, with client work organized by project. Each project is staffed with a Project Manager, an SE, Designers, and Developers. As the project’s SE, you'll own planning and implementation of technical delivery, maintain product documentation, maintain the project backlog, and technical direction, and co-lead in partnership with your Project Manager.

As AI Innovation Lead & Technical Leader, you'll operate at the organization-wide level.  This role will: set the technical standards other SEs are expected to follow, own how we adopt AI tooling across SmartLogic, and provide technical guidance to staff. Note: this is not a direct-manager role, the COO remains responsible for supervision and for resourcing and staffing decisions and you will not have direct reports for HR/supervision purposes, but you will be the credible technical voice.

This position is fully remote within the United States and its Territories. In this role, you will report to the COO. Even if you don’t think you meet 100% of the requirements, but you think this is an interesting role that you can succeed in, please still apply.

About SmartLogic

SmartLogic is an experienced and growing custom software development consultancy successfully serving clients since 2005. We are deeply committed to our team, our clients, and the communities where we work. Some of our recent company initiatives include leading on youth workforce development, mentoring undergraduates, partner in UMD Launch Fund Nexus program with startups and graduate students, software developer apprenticeships, our Elixir Wizards podcast, and the Baltimore Women in Tech micro-grants program. SmartLogic values both continuous growth and giving back to the community, so there may be opportunities to engage at the professional level through conferences and our podcast.

First 100 Days

Days 1 to 30

Days 31 to 60

Days 61 to 90

Days 91 to 100 and beyond

Responsibilities: AI Innovation Specialist & Technical Leader

Responsibilities: Staff Engineer & IC

The base compensation range for this position is $150k to $187k per year, with an expectation of 50 to 60% billable utilization. We offer health, dental, vision, life, and AD&D insurance, unlimited PTO and STO, paid parental leave, and a 3% matching SIMPLE IRA program.

We are continuously working to cultivate a supportive and inclusive workplace that recognizes and respects diversity of background, experience, and thought. We believe that diversity benefits both our company culture and the software we write.

SmartLogic is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, retaliation, parental status, military service, or other non-merit factor.

No phone calls or unsolicited emails, please. We do not work with recruiters or placement agencies.

SmartLogic is committed to professional development and community involvement. We provide ample opportunity for learning through dedicated professional development days, participation in conferences, and company-supplied access to books and other resources. We organize events, meetups, and invest in our local and online communities.