Teamworks

Staff Applied AI Engineer

Teamworks3 weeks ago
Location

United States

Workplace

Remote

Type

Full Time

Salary

USD 216,000 – 216,000

Level

Staff

Role

Staff Applied AI Engineer

Posted

Mar 9, 2026

Full TimeRemoteStaff

The role

Summary

Teamworks is seeking a Staff Applied AI Engineer to lead the development of AI-powered platform capabilities for sports organizations. The role focuses on designing robust AI systems, building reusable infrastructure, and providing technical leadership to enable scalable, reliable AI product experiences across the Teamworks platform.

What you'll do

AI System Architecture: Design and define the architecture for production AI systems across the Teamworks platform, including model orchestration services, tool execution layers, evaluation pipelines, and guardrails.
Platform Infrastructure: Build reusable backend platform components that enable product teams to integrate AI capabilities without rebuilding core infrastructure.
Technology Selection: Evaluate and select appropriate technologies, frameworks, and architectural patterns based on long-term scalability, reliability, and team productivity.
Engineering Standards: Establish comprehensive engineering standards for building, testing, deploying, and operating AI systems in production, including monitoring, evaluation, and failure handling.
Cross-Team Leadership: Lead complex cross-team engineering initiatives to improve system reliability, reduce infrastructure costs, and accelerate AI-powered capabilities delivery.
Data Security: Design backend services that safely query and operate on multi-tenant sports data while enforcing strict data isolation and access controls.
Technical Mentorship: Mentor engineers on backend architecture, distributed systems, and generative AI system design.

What we look for

Technical

Backend DevelopmentExpertise in TypeScript and Node.js for building and maintaining production backend services and APIs
Distributed SystemsProven ability to design scalable, reliable distributed systems with robust performance optimization and failure recovery strategies
Cloud InfrastructureExtensive experience operating cloud-based services in AWS, including deployment, monitoring, logging, and incident response
AI/ML SystemsDemonstrated track record of designing and delivering production AI or machine learning product capabilities

Education

DegreeBachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related technical field preferred

Experience

Professional ExperienceMinimum 8+ years of professional software engineering experience building high-impact production systems
Platform InfrastructureProven experience designing shared platform infrastructure, internal services, or engineering frameworks used by multiple product teams

Skills

Required skills

TypeScriptStrong proficiency in TypeScript for backend service development
Node.jsExpertise in building production-grade Node.js applications
AWSComprehensive experience with AWS cloud services and deployment
Distributed SystemsAdvanced knowledge of designing scalable and reliable distributed systems

Nice to have

Data PlatformsFamiliarity with analytical data platforms like Iceberg, DuckDB, Trino, Spark
ObservabilityExperience with monitoring tools like Datadog, OpenTelemetry
Infrastructure as CodeKnowledge of Terraform and infrastructure automation

Compensation & benefits

Salary

USD 216,000 – 216,000 (annual)

Stock options

Available

Benefits

Remote Work

Fully remote work arrangement with flexible working environment

Diverse Workplace

Commitment to building a diverse and inclusive workforce

Cutting-Edge Technology

Work on innovative AI-powered sports technology platform

Interview process

  1. 1
    Initial Screening — Review of application and initial qualifications
  2. 2
    Technical Interview — Detailed technical assessment of AI and system design skills
  3. 3
    System Design Challenge — In-depth evaluation of architectural design capabilities
  4. 4
    Final Executive Interview — Discussion of leadership potential and alignment with company values
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Teamworks

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Your unified platform for data-driven talent acquisition, seamless operations, and holistic performance development.Digitize the athlete lifecycle and consolidate your tech stack with the only integrated technology platform specifically designed for elite sports teams.

North Carolina, USAFounded 2006teamworks.com

Tech Stack

Languages
TypeScriptNode.js
Frameworks
GenAI Frameworks
Databases
Multi-tenant Databases
Tools
AWSTerraform
Other
AI Orchestration
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