Talener
Location: Hoboken, NJ (hybrid -3x)
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No visa sponsorship is available at this time.</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Job Title: Staff Software Engineer (AI / LLM Platform)<br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Location: Hoboken, NJ (hybrid -3x)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Responsibilities</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Enhance and scale existing AI agentic pipelines that support personalized user experiences across a large-scale SaaS platform</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Design, develop, and deploy production-grade LLM-based solutions using modern agentic frameworks</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate product requirements into scalable technical implementations</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Contribute across the full software development lifecycle, from system design through deployment and optimization</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Work within a cloud-native architecture leveraging both AWS and Azure environments</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Partner with engineering leadership to drive best practices, improve system performance, and ensure reliability at scale</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Required Skills & Experience</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· 8–10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a strong emphasis on backend development</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Hands-on, production-level experience building and deploying AI/LLM-based applications (agentic workflows required)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Proficiency in Python and modern AI frameworks such as LangChain or LangGraph</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Experience working with multi-LLM systems, model fine-tuning, and real-world AI deployment challenges</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Strong experience with both AWS and Azure cloud platforms (AWS primary, Azure for AI/ML workloads)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Ability to operate independently while collaborating effectively within a team environment</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Strong computer science fundamentals; a CS degree is highly preferred</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Preferred Qualifications</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Experience with React for light frontend contributions (~10–15% of role)</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Familiarity with Java-based systems</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Exposure to vector databases such as Pinecone or similar technologies</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Cloud certifications (AWS and/or Azure) are a plus</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Compensation</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Base Salary: $150,000 – $170,000</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Bonus: 15% annual performance bonus</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">Additional Information</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">·Hybrid: 3x a week in Hoboken, NJ </div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Must be authorized to work in the United States — no visa sponsorship available</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">· Opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI applications within a highly visible and impactful product area</div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;"></div><div fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;">For more information or to apply, contact Ryan Dwyer at rdwyer@Talener.com #Li-Hybrid</div></div>”,”employmentType”:”FULL_TIME”,”hiringOrganization”:{“@type”:”Organization”,”name”:”Talener”},”jobLocation”:{“@type”:”Place”,”address”:{“@type”:”PostalAddress”,”streetAddress”:null,”addressLocality”:”Hoboken”,”addressRegion”:”New Jersey”,”postalCode”:null,”addressCountry”:null}},”title”:”Staff Software Engineer”,”url”:”https://talener.com/jobs/?cjobid=BA39096965&rpid=1642760&postid=mQwEVu-TFHg”,”identifier”:{“@type”:”PropertyValue”,”name”:”Talener”,”value”:null}}