Member of Technical Staff - Generalist

New York Cityfull timeOn Site

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$200k–$350k

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Valk AI Member of Technical Staff responsible for owning high-priority technical projects from problem definition through production across AI, backend, product, and infrastructure. Collaborate with AI Strategy and product teams to shape solutions and improve engineering standards.

Responsibilities

You'll take important technical problems from ambiguity to production across AI, product, and platform. This role is for an engineer with broad range who can learn unfamiliar systems quickly, identify the real constraint, and build the right solution at the right level of the stack.
Own high-priority technical projects from problem definition through production.
Work across AI systems, backend services, product experiences, data, and infrastructure as the problem requires.
Prototype quickly, test the riskiest assumptions, and turn successful approaches into maintainable systems.
Make practical architecture decisions based on user needs, technical constraints, and company priorities.
Partner with AI Strategy and product to understand workflows and shape the solution, not just implement a specification.
Create clear ownership, documentation, and operating plans when projects transition to a long-term team.
Improve engineering standards through design reviews, code reviews, testing, and hands-on product use.

Qualification

Broad technical rangeResearch-grade engineers who shipStrong judgmentHigh agencyOwnersClear collaboratorsExperience with agentsFamiliarity with Next

Required

Broad technical range: You can work across systems and product layers and are comfortable entering unfamiliar areas.
Research-grade engineers who ship: You investigate hard problems carefully, form clear opinions, and turn them into working software.
Strong judgment: You know when to prototype, when to invest in foundations, and when a simpler approach is better.
High agency: You create structure in ambiguous situations and move from problem framing to execution without waiting for a detailed plan.
Owners: You take responsibility for outcomes, not just assigned tasks, and leave systems clearer than you found them.
Clear collaborators: You write and communicate well, seek context, and help teams make decisions.
You are familiar with parts of our stack: Next.js, TypeScript, Python, Postgres, Azure, AWS.

Preferred

Experience shipping zero-to-one technical products in ambiguous environments
Experience with agents, AI evaluation systems, search, or distributed systems
Experience working in a high-growth early-stage company
Familiarity with Next.js, TypeScript, Python, Postgres, Azure, AWS

Benefits

Dental
Vision
PTO
Equity/RSU
Parental Leave

Company

Valk AI

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