Senior AI Engineer – AI-Native Software Development

Job Title: Senior AI EngineerLocation: Remote (U.S.)Employment Type: Contract (W2 through ZipStaff)About the Opportunity:ZipStaff is seeking a Senior AI Engineer (also called an AI Orchestrator) to join a small AI-native engineering team at a leading healthcare analytics organization.This role is not focused on training AI models or building machine-learning pipelines. You will be a strong software engineer who uses AI tools as a first-class part of the daily engineering workflow to accelerate development, improve testing, and shorten feedback loops — while shipping production-grade software safely and at high quality.What You'll Do:Build and enhance production-grade software applications using AI-assisted development workflows.Translate product and technical requirements into working, maintainable software.Use AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, testing, refactoring, and documentation.Review, validate, and refine AI-generated code for correctness, performance, security, and maintainability.Design and implement clean, well-structured APIs, services, and application components.Contribute to scalable backend systems and full-stack solutions as required.Orchestrate AI tools across code generation, refactoring, test creation, debugging, and documentation.Follow and help refine AI-native engineering standards established by the Tech Lead.Collaborate with AI-Native Tech Architects to implement architectural and engineering best practices.Deliver features end-to-end within a small AI-native team.Coordinate with adjacent teams on integration, dependencies, and shared services.Communicate technical issues and tradeoffs clearly to engineering and product stakeholders.Required Qualifications:8-10+ years of professional software engineering experience shipping production applications.Proven ability to design and implement APIs, services, and maintainable application components.Hands-on experience using AI coding tools as part of a daily engineering workflow (code generation, debugging, testing, refactoring, documentation).Strong engineering judgment to review and refine AI-generated code for quality, security, and maintainability.Experience contributing to backend and/or full-stack solutions.Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a small, fast-iteration team.Strong communication skills with engineering and product stakeholders.Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.Preferred Qualifications:Experience helping define or improve AI-assisted engineering standards and workflows.Healthcare, analytics, or regulated-industry software delivery experience.Familiarity with modern CI/CD, automated testing, and secure coding practices.About ZipStaff:ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high-impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches and long-term success.To apply, please submit your resume highlighting your production software engineering experience and how you use AI tools in day-to-day development. Do not apply if your background is primarily model training or ML pipeline work.