Senior/Staff Engineer (Agent Handler)

Join Merge, a company focused on building AI-native products powered by large language models. As a Senior/Staff Engineer (Agent Handler), you will lead a high-impact team, define and execute the roadmap for AI-driven products, and collaborate with various teams to build intelligent, user-facing tools. You will also ensure that AI models and systems are deployed with scalability, performance, and security in mind. Benefits include healthcare, unlimited PTO, parental leave, and a 401k.

• Guiding a high-impact team through fast-moving problem spaces, partnering closely with product, design, and go-to-market to turn cutting-edge AI into real customer and business value.
• Leading and fostering a culture of innovation, experimentation, and technical rigor, while defining and executing the roadmap for AI-driven products and internal tooling.
• Collaborating with product, design, and engineering teams to build intelligent, user-facing tools that differentiate Merge’s platform, ensuring AI models and systems are deployed with scalability, performance, and security in mind.
• Product-minded engineering leader who can balance research/experimentation with shipping high-impact features
• Strong track record of leading teams building AI-powered products, ML platforms, or data-intensive applications
• 1+ years managing and hiring engineers, with previous 7 - 10+ years of IC experience in software or ML/AI systems
• Strong collaborator able to align AI-driven initiatives with broader company and customer goals
• Familiarity with technologies and frameworks such as Python, Django, React, Postgres, AWS, and ML/AI libraries