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Staff AI/ML Engineer

Zencoder is an AI startup that provides AI-powered coding agents designed to automate software development tasks, improve code quality, and accelerate development cycles for developers and engineering teams. [1, 3, 15]

Zencoder

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:zencoder: About Zencoder

Zencoder is building the next generation of AI coding agents — advanced tools that supercharge developer workflows and elevate engineering impact. Our mission is to transform how software is built by equipping developers with AI-powered tools that boost productivity, improve code quality, and unlock creativity.

Our product integrates seamlessly with JetBrains IDEs and VS Code, helping developers generate, refactor, and repair code. It includes fast and intelligent AI code completion, and our agents can independently perform tasks like running shell commands or searching the web to assist with coding and debugging. We're especially proud of our proprietary Repo Grokking™ technology, which enables our AI agents to deeply understand your entire codebase, providing the strongest contextual understanding on the market. Zencoder also connects with 20+ popular tools like Jira, Sentry, GitHub, and GitLab, making it the most integrated AI coding solution available.

This is just a small part of what Zencoder is all about. There’s much more to discover — and we’re just getting started.

The Opportunity

We are seeking a passionate Staff AI/ML Engineer to shape the development of innovative AI-driven solutions. In this role, you will take ownership of key areas, driving the design, implementation, and optimization of AI agents pipelines and models that redefine how developers create and refine code. This includes advancing tools for code generation, code completion, unit test generation, code repair, etc.

Apply your expertise while continuing to grow in the direction that excites you — whether that’s advancing your technical skills, stepping into leadership, or exploring product development and beyond.

This is a unique opportunity to join an early-stage company led by the founder of a unicorn startup, Andrew Filev, and help scale it into a thriving, innovative business. You’ll be a part of the team that ships AI products, shaping the future of software development and unlocking the creative potential of brilliant minds.

Key Responsibilities

AI is an incredibly competitive space, and to stay ahead and drive innovation, we need to move quickly and think smart. That’s why we maintain a short release cycle and constantly push to deliver new features and improve existing ones at a rapid pace. In this role, you'll take ownership of researching the capabilities of current LLMs and LMMs, identifying how they can be applied to our products, and turning those insights into real impact by designing or enhancing AI agent pipelines. You'll also analyze our AI-driven tools to uncover opportunities for improvement and implement them. Your contributions will help shape the future of software development across the industry.

  • Design, build, and optimize LLM-powered agents that assist developers in tasks such as code generation, unit test creation, bug fixing, and refactoring.
  • Research the capabilities and limitations of SOTA LLMs and apply findings to improve agent performance and reliability.
  • Develop evaluation pipelines to benchmark model quality, correctness, and impact on developer productivity.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, software, and infrastructure teams to integrate AI agents seamlessly into IDE environments (JetBrains, VSCode).
  • Craft effective prompts, fine-tune models, and experiment with advanced techniques like RLHF or DPO to guide model behavior.
  • Analyze user interactions and data to derive insights and continuously optimize the agent experience.

Essential Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in ML/AI, including shipping models to production and iterative improvement post-launch.
  • Strong knowledge of LLMs, including SOTA models (GPT, Claude, Mistral, etc.), with practical experience in prompt engineering, fine-tuning, or retrieval-augmented generation.
  • Deep understanding of NLP, including tokenization, embeddings, and transformer architectures.
  • Deep understanding of machine learning, including experience with some fields of classical ML (recommendation systems, regressions/classifications on tabular data, and time series or other areas of classical ML).
  • Ability to work with customer data to identify usage patterns, perform analytics, and generate insights for product development and model optimization.
  • Ability to set up data collection pipelines.
  • Solid understanding of software engineering concepts, especially around the SDLC in modern dev environments.
  • Proficient in Python and ML frameworks (PyTorch, HuggingFace, etc.).
  • Proven ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment, with excellent communication skills and a commitment to delivering high-quality solutions on time.
  • Experience designing and evaluating AI agents or multi-agent pipelines is a strong plus.

Why Join Zencoder?

  • Impact: Gen AI will change how companies develop software in the next two years. Be at the frontier of that AI work, building a category-leading product in a huge market. You will have an everyday opportunity to innovate.
  • Growth potential: Thrive in a high-growth AI startup combining personal and career growth.
  • High Talent Density: Collaborate daily with our experienced AI engineers, software engineers, and founder, Andrew Filev.
  • Equity: Align your success with ours by participating in our equity plan.
  • Flexibility: We hire globally, prioritizing talent over location. Work where you’re most productive and comfortable.

Zencoder is an equal-opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

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At Zencoder, our customers, software developers and engineering teams, often grapple with sprawling codebases, the pressure to ship faster, and the significant time consumed by routine tasks like writing boilerplate code, fixing bugs, creating unit tests, and manually navigating between different tools and contexts. [6, 19] We understand that their valuable brainpower is often diverted from creative problem-solving and innovation. That's why we built Zencoder – not just as another AI coding tool, but as a true AI pair programmer designed to alleviate these challenges. [6, 19] Our AI coding agents are engineered to bring 'zen' back into coding by handling the mundane tasks, allowing developers to unleash their creativity and focus on solving real-world challenges and building what matters. [2, 3] We aim to empower every engineer to be extraordinary by removing the barriers that consume their time and energy. Zencoder distinguishes itself by embedding advanced AI agents that utilize cutting-edge AI pipelines to iteratively refine and repair code, going beyond basic code snippet suggestions. By deeply analyzing entire repositories with our proprietary Repo Grokking™ technology, Zencoder's agents enhance code quality and project alignment, enabling developers to concentrate on innovation. [1, 7, 19]

Our customers need to accelerate their development cycles, improve code quality, and reduce the time-to-market for their software products. [3, 4] Zencoder addresses these needs by automating repetitive coding tasks, streamlining complex workflows, and minimizing errors with AI-driven error correction. [3, 10] We provide a platform that integrates seamlessly into existing development workflows, supporting over 70 programming languages and offering native support for popular IDEs like VS Code and JetBrains, along with integrations for more than 20 DevOps tools such as Jira, GitHub, GitLab, and Sentry. [6, 7, 20] This comprehensive integration ensures that developers can leverage AI assistance throughout their entire DevOps ecosystem without needing to switch to specialized environments. [6, 19] For enterprises, Zencoder offers a solution to ship faster, reduce technical debt by automating code migrations, and enhance creativity by providing customizable AI agents aligned with their organizational needs, all while ensuring enterprise-grade security and privacy (SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 & ISO 42001 certified). [1, 18, 31] We are committed to helping organizations ship impactful software products faster and more efficiently by bridging the gap between imagination and implementation.

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Equity Plan

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High Talent Density

Collaborate daily with our experienced AI engineers, software engineers, and founder Andrew Filev.

Location Independent

We hire globally, prioritizing talent over location. Work where you are most productive and comfortable.

Growth Potential

Shape your own career path by driving high-impact projects in an AI startup that values ownership and execution.

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