Software Engineer, AI DevX

Ramp is a financial operations platform focused on revolutionizing how finance teams operate in the age of AI. As a Staff Software Engineer on the AI DevX team, you will architect and manage developer tooling and infrastructure, enabling engineers to enhance their productivity with AI-driven solutions.

Responsibilities:

• Stay at the forefront of the AI development ecosystem. Deeply understand model capabilities, evaluate emerging tools critically, and make informed decisions about when and how to adopt new technologies
• Drive proficiency with the most effective AI coding tools and practices across the engineering organization
• Build platforms that help our devs offload more work to AI and empower AI to perform better when doing Ramp dev work
• Gather developer feedback, identify friction points, and iterate on solutions that improve developer velocity
• Grow AI vendor partnerships and serve as the advocate for Ramp’s engineers

Requirements:

• Typically 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
• Deep backend engineering expertise spanning infrastructure, services, and data systems
• Python proficiency; Strong Bash/Unix fundamentals
• You thrive in your terminal, instinctively crafting reusable tools as you work
• Obsessed with productivity, automation, and optimization
• Prior experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
• Strong AI fluency and AI coding tool proficiency
• Active power user of AI coding agents
• Proven track record shipping and maintaining developer tools
• Demonstrated experience building AI-powered systems
• Experience leading technical teams and owning technical roadmaps
• Forward-deployed engineering or public speaking/writing experience
• Background in AI/ML; Able to read and understand AI research papers
• Expertise in: Data Engineering, Frontend Engineering, Docker, Terraform