Senior AI Engineer – Spec-Driven Development

About the Role We are looking for a Senior AI Engineer who is experienced in building production-grade AI systems and modern software engineering workflows, particularly Spec-Driven Development (SDD) and Dark Factory / autonomous AI development environments . You will work closely with engineering and product teams to turn business requirements into precise technical specifications and use AI-assisted development workflows to design, build, test, and deploy reliable software with minimal manual intervention. Key Responsibilities * Design and develop AI/LLM-powered applications and agentic systems for production environments. * Drive Spec-Driven Development , translating requirements into detailed, machine-readable specifications, acceptance criteria, workflows, and test cases. * Build development workflows where AI agents can autonomously generate, modify, test, and validate code. * Work with Dark Factory / AI-native software development concepts , enabling highly automated software delivery. * Develop and integrate LLMs, AI agents, RAG pipelines, tool calling, and orchestration frameworks. * Design robust prompts, agent workflows, evaluation frameworks, and guardrails. * Build APIs and backend services supporting AI applications. * Establish automated testing, validation, CI/CD, observability, and quality-control processes for AI-generated code. * Collaborate with product and engineering teams to convert ambiguous requirements into clear technical specifications. * Evaluate and improve AI-generated solutions for accuracy, reliability, security, scalability, and maintainability . * Mentor engineers and help establish best practices for AI-assisted software development. Required Skills \& Experience * 5+ years of software engineering experience , with significant experience in AI/ML or LLM-based application development. * Strong hands-on experience with Python and modern backend development. * Strong understanding of LLMs, generative AI, AI agents, RAG, embeddings, vector databases, and tool/function calling . * Practical experience with Spec-Driven Development (SDD) or similar specification-first engineering methodologies. * Understanding or hands-on experience with Dark Factory / autonomous software development / AI-native engineering workflows . * Experience working with AI coding agents and tools such as Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, GitHub Copilot, OpenAI tools, or similar platforms . * Strong knowledge of software architecture, APIs, microservices, Git, CI/CD, testing, and cloud platforms. * Experience designing automated test and evaluation frameworks for AI systems. * Ability to break complex product requirements into precise specifications that AI agents and engineering teams can execute against. * Strong understanding of production software engineering practices and code quality. What We're Looking For We are looking for someone who is not simply an AI/ML developer , but an engineer who understands how AI can fundamentally change the software development lifecycle. The ideal candidate thinks in terms of: Specification → AI-driven implementation → Automated testing → Validation → Deployment → Continuous improvement You should be comfortable experimenting with new AI development tools, building autonomous workflows, and pushing toward a highly automated engineering environment.