AI NATIVE SOFTWARE ENGINEER

AI Native Software Engineer (Senior / Lead IC Only)

MUST HAVES:

• AI
• RAG, LLM, MCP, ETC
• Any Programming Language
• Deployment into Production, Not Just POC

Use this as a hard go / no go screen.

If a candidate fails any red item, do not submit.

• Seniority & Role Fit (NON NEGOTIABLE)

  • Must confirm verbally and on resume
  • 8 10+ years total software engineering experience
  • Senior / Lead Individual Contributor (not people manager)
  • Comfortable being the technical lead of a delivery pod
  • Reject if: Mid level, ramping, or "high potential"
  • Reject if: Architect only or strategy only background

• Enterprise Environment Experience

  • Client is filtering hard here
  • Has worked in large enterprise environments
  • Systems used by many internal users or business units
  • Experience supporting critical or high visibility systems
  • Reject if experience is limited to: Startups only
  • Reject if experience is limited to: Small companies
  • Reject if experience is limited to: Narrow or isolated applications

• Production AI (THIS IS THE #1 FILTER)

  • Must be able to explain this clearly