Role Summary:
We are seeking an AI Systems Engineer to build the reliable software infrastructure that connects models, applications, external tools, and real-world systems. This role is for someone who enjoys turning AI prototypes into reliable, observable, and maintainable systems.
Location: Hollywood, FL (or willing to relocate)
What You'll Do:
Design runtimes and services around remote, streaming, or action-sequence model inference.
Handle latency variation, stale outputs, retries, partial failures, service outages, and safe shutdown.
Build interfaces that support different model providers, architectures, data sources, and downstream systems.
Integrate inference clients, state and sensor inputs, task scheduling, observability, and safety or authorization checks.
Build agentic loops and tool-using systems with clear permission boundaries, structured outputs, human approval paths, and MCP-compatible interfaces.
Reproduce failures using deterministic tests, logs, traces, recorded-data replay, and fault injection.
Take prototypes through reliable, observable, and maintainable deployment.
Must-Haves:
Strong software architecture, concurrency, networking, debugging, testing, and production-reliability skills.
Experience with agentic systems, tool-use loops, MCP practices, distributed systems, inference infrastructure, or real-time applications.
Programming language flexibility (Python experience is helpful but not strictly required).
Nice-to-Haves:
Robotics experience (integration with cameras, robot state, controllers, action scheduling, simulation, or physical hardware). Note: This is a preferred signal rather than a hard requirement.
Experience with ROS or ROS 2, Gazebo, MoveIt, URDF, Xacro, TF2, RViz, rosbag, MCAP, or related robotics tooling.
Skills Required
- Strong software architecture skills
- Concurrency experience
- Networking experience
- Debugging experience
- Testing experience
- Production reliability experience
- Experience with agentic systems, tool-use loops, MCP practices, distributed systems, inference infrastructure, or real-time applications
- Programming language flexibility; Python experience is helpful but not strictly required
- Willingness to work in or relocate to Hollywood, Florida
- Robotics experience involving cameras, robot state, controllers, action scheduling, simulation, or physical hardware
- Experience with ROS or ROS 2, Gazebo, MoveIt, URDF, Xacro, TF2, RViz, rosbag, MCAP, or related robotics tooling
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What We Do
Makai Digital is an engineer-owned software consulting firm focused on building high-performing, quality software. It provides technology consulting and staffing, software development, and AI expertise, with projects spanning IT professionals, software and web development, SEO and content, digital marketing, and data analytics. Its stated mission emphasizes practical problem-solving, technological excellence, and data-driven results; the company is headquartered in Miami and serves clients through a global talent network.






