Staff AI Software Engineer, Product
brightwheel · Remote · United States ·
COMPENSATION
$154k – $237k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Staff level role
- Fully remote (US)
- AI-native engineering
- Ruby on Rails + React
- 5+ years experience
Join the product engineering team at Brightwheel, a leading vertical SaaS platform for early education. You will help transform the product from a system of record into a system of action by integrating AI agents that anticipate needs and automate tasks for schools and families.
This builder role requires prototyping quickly, validating assumptions with users, and shipping software that solves ambiguous customer problems. You will partner with product and design teams to deliver measurable impact while maintaining high standards for security and reliability.
What you'll do
- Own product problems from discovery through launch and iteration
- Build customer-facing workflows for enrollment, billing, and classrooms
- Use AI agents and automation to increase engineering velocity
- Partner with cross-functional teams to define success metrics
- Ensure high standards for privacy, security, and observability
What you'll need
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Strong fundamentals in systems, data, APIs, and infrastructure
- Experience owning production work from definition to launch
- Proficient with AI tools and agents in daily workflow
- Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous situations
- Clear communication skills for cross-functional collaboration
Nice to have
- Experience shipping AI-powered products to production
- Knowledge of retrieval, orchestration, or agent workflows
- Background in vertical SaaS, education, or fintech
- Portfolio of personal projects or open-source contributions
- Experience improving web or mobile outcomes via architecture
Stack
- Ruby on Rails
- React
- TypeScript
- PostgreSQL
- Redis
- Kubernetes
- AWS Bedrock
- Swift
- Kotlin
How you'll work
- Fully remote within US time zones
- Distributed team culture