Robots and Pencils

applied AI engineering

StaffFullStackEngineer

United States Remote Friendly
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

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The Brief

“Staff Full Stack Engineer at Robots and Pencils. Skills: front-end architecture, API architecture, AI services integration, full-stack development. Define front-end architecture. Define technical strategy”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver measurable results for our clients; get AI into production fast; keep AI in production; deliver high-quality work; shape how AI systems integrate; shape how teams move at real velocity; shape how products create measurable impact; ship production-ready AI in 30 to 45 days; lift quality and consistency across the team; grow their craft, confidence, and impact

Industry & Context.

applied AI engineering
Problems you'll solve

Excellent problem-solving skills; ability to navigate highly ambiguous technical and business challenges with sound judgment

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

7+ years of professional software engineering experience, experience leading complex full-stack initiatives, Deep proficiency in React or Angular with JavaScript and TypeScript skills, experience with state management, command of modern CSS frameworks and build tooling, back-end development and API architecture experience in Python and Node.js, Hands-on experience building channel integrations across chat, voice, and web surfaces, testing practices across unit, integration, and UI testing, Deep expertise in relational and NoSQL databases, caching, and query optimization, experience with microservices architecture, event-driven systems, and message queues, experience with cloud platforms and container orchestration, experience with CI/CD pipelines, experience integrating AI services into production full-stack systems, Ability to build fast, high-fidelity front-end demos and prototypes, Comfort working closely with design tools and partners to ship polished, accessible UI, Demonstrated leadership and technical mentoring experience, stakeholder communication skills, Demonstrable, day-to-day usage and expert knowledge of AI-forward tools, Excellent problem-solving skills, ability to navigate highly ambiguous technical and business challenges

Nice to Have

React, Angular, Next. js, Figma

What You'll Do.

Define front-end architecture

Define technical strategy

Design scalable platforms

Lead complex UI systems development

Build demo-ready front-end experiences

Define front-end standards

Contribute to design systems

Lead back-end development

Lead API architecture

Integrate complex systems

Integrate third-party platforms

Design channel integrations

Implement real-time messaging

Implement webhook pipelines

Implement event-driven patterns

Design database schemas

Optimize database performance

Drive backend performance

Drive backend scalability

Drive backend reliability

Implement security best practices

Lead monitoring practices

Lead observability practices

Lead reliability practices

Lead AI service integration

Integrate tool calling

Integrate function calling

Integrate multi-step agent flows

Integrate RAG patterns

Collaborate with cross-functional teams

Align technical decisions

Communicate technical tradeoffs

Communicate architectural decisions

Lead design discussions

Establish engineering standards

Mentor junior engineers

Mentor mid-level engineers

Make architectural decisions

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams; Align technical decisions with product and business goals; Communicate complex technical tradeoffs across stakeholders; Communicate architectural decisions across stakeholders; Collaborate closely with design tools and partners

Communication Scope

Communicate complex technical tradeoffs; Communicate architectural decisions clearly; stakeholder communication skills; translate technical depth across audiences

Full Job Description

Robots & Pencils is an applied AI engineering firm building the next frontier of business architecture. We design and ship AI co-workers that integrate into enterprise operations and deliver measurable results for our clients. We’re all in on AWS, combining deep UX capability with senior engineering talent to get AI into production fast and keep it there. We’ve earned the trust of leaders across Consumer Products and Retail, Education, Energy, Financial Services, Healthcare, and Manufacturing and more, and earned a reputation as the nimble alternative to traditional global systems integrators. Founded in 2009, with delivery centers in Canada, the United States, Eastern Europe, and Latin America, we are smaller, faster, and more senior by design. Our teams average 15+ years of experience. We move fast, sweat the details, and build things that actually ship. Position Overview We’re looking for a Staff Full Stack Engineer to lead the design and delivery of complex, integration-heavy platforms. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who can define front-end architecture and technical strategy, lead complex UI systems development, and confidently own large parts of the system end-to-end. In this role, you will work as a key technical contributor on a cross-functional team, defining standards and best practices, building scalable systems, and solving complex integration challenges. You’ll build and integrate across channel surfaces including chat, voice, and web, craft front-end experiences for client demos and prototypes, mentor more junior engineers, collaborate closely with senior engineers and leadership, and deliver high-quality work where reliability, performance, and scalability are critical. Why This Role Matters At Robots & Pencils, we design AI systems for a human world. Our name says it all. Robots and pencils means engineering paired with creativity, because every agent we ship has to work for real people in real workflows. That balance is baked into h

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