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AI Engineer to build Periskope’s AI-native product and engineering harness. This is a hands-on IC role for a software engineer who is strong with cloud, modern AI tooling, and shipping AI-powered products.
Company Details
Periskope is a WhatsApp operations platform used by 5,000+ businesses across 50+ countries. It combines shared inboxes, workflows, integrations, automation, and AI agents for sales, support, and operations.
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Requirements
2–4 years of experience in software engineering
Currently working at a product-based startup or scale-up
Strong software engineering fundamentals with an AI-native mindset
Proven experience building and shipping products/features on top of AI/LLMs
Strong hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure and cloud-native development
Comfortable building production systems end-to-end with high ownership
Experience with LLM APIs, agents, RAG, tool calling, MCP, or similar AI application patterns
Strong coding skills in one or more modern programming languages
Ability to work as a hands-on individual contributor in a small engineering team
Strong proof of work: shipped AI projects, GitHub repositories, products, demos, or other tangible work
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills
Comfortable working in an ambiguous, fast-moving startup environment
Responsibilities
Build and evolve Periskope’s AI engineering harness and core AI capabilities
Build production-grade AI features on top of foundation models
Develop AI agents, tools, workflows, and integrations that can take meaningful actions
Build reliable infrastructure for AI workloads across cloud services
Experiment rapidly with new AI models, frameworks, tools, and development workflows
Turn prototypes into scalable, maintainable production systems
Improve AI reliability through evaluation, observability, logging, guardrails, and testing
Integrate AI capabilities with APIs, databases, internal systems, and external tools
Own engineering problems end-to-end, from architecture and implementation to deployment
Work closely with the founding team to identify and solve high-impact product and engineering problems
Job Details
Remote
Interview Process
15-Minute Founder Screening Call
2-Hour Technical Round
30-Minute Cultural Fit Round
Important Note
ClanX is a recruitment partner, helping Periskope hire an AI Engineer.
Highlights
Build AI-native systems at a fast-moving product startup where you’ll own the engineering harness powering the next generation of Periskope.
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