Ayama has partnered with Andrew Ng’s AI Fund and a Fortune 500 energy leader to use AI to reshape how $10+ Trillion of heavy assets operate, are managed, and are maintained. With electrification driving rapid growth in energy and reshoring accelerating the build out of U.S. electronics and IT manufacturing, the company plans to close critical gaps by raising asset uptime & output as well as staff productivity. Ayama is looking for a Senior Software Engineer to help drive the AI revolution into critical assets.
The senior engineer will work across the full stack, including backend, frontend, data pipelines, and AI systems. The problems span optimization, retrieval, and real-time decision support for field teams. This is a 100% hands-on role. You would be in the code and architecture all day, making decisions and shipping. We expect you to be AI-native and use modern AI development tools to move fast while making sound architectural choices.
This is a full-time hybrid role located in the Bay Area. There is no relocation package budgeted for this role.
Responsibilities for the Role Include:
- Build and improve production RAG and LLM-based systems
- Design and maintain data pipelines that integrate enterprise data sources at scale
- Develop full-stack product features end-to-end, from Python backend through React/TypeScript frontend
- Work on optimization and scheduling problems with real operational constraints
- Build evaluation frameworks that measure whether AI systems are actually improving
Requirements For the Role Include:
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Full-stack depth in Python (Django/FastAPI) and modern React/TypeScript
- Production experience building RAG and LLM-based systems, not prototypes
- Strong architectural judgment
- Comfort with large-scale data processing and cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred)
- Fluency with AI-assisted development tools
Nice To Haves Include:
- Experience with ERP systems, especially SAP (maintenance workflows, master data, integrations)
- Operations research or constraint programming background
- Data transformation and orchestration tools (dbt, Prefect, Airflow)
Why Join Ayama:
- Exclusive Ecosystem: Unparalleled access to AI Fund’s experts and Dr.
Andrew Ng’s network of AI luminaries. - Real-World Impact: We are solving critical performance gaps in energy supply while demand driven by global electrification skyrockets.
- Growth Path: Opportunity to evolve from a lead individual contributor to a
team leader as the company scales.
Skills Required
- 5+ years of hands-on software engineering experience
- Full-stack depth in Python (Django/FastAPI) and modern React/TypeScript
- Production experience building RAG and LLM-based systems
- Strong architectural judgment
- Comfort with large-scale data processing and cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred)
- Fluency with AI-assisted development tools
AI Fund Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is portrayed as strong with great healthcare and dental coverage, plus vision insurance, long-term disability, and life insurance. Feedback suggests this aligns with tech-standard benefits for US roles at a small venture studio.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits include a 401(k) plan with employer match for US employees. Feedback suggests this forms part of a competitive total package for fund roles.
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Parental & Family Support — Family support includes fully paid parental leave for applicable roles. Feedback suggests this is a standout benefit for an organization of this size.
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What We Do
Who is AI Fund? We are a team of AI pioneers, proven entrepreneurs, seasoned operators, and venture capitalists that collaborates with leading entrepreneurs to solve big challenges using artificial intelligence. Founded in 2017 by Dr. Andrew Ng, AI Fund is backed with $176 million in capital by some of the leading VC firms and investors, including NEA, Sequoia, and Greylock. How Are We Different? We work with entrepreneurs during their startup’s most critical and risky phase, from 0 to 1. At the earliest stages, your company strategy is still being formed, and you’re still on the path to demonstrating your idea’s full potential – this is a reality we understand. This is the period when decisions on product strategy, market fit, and team are most critical, moving fast and fixing parts of your business when you have limited resources is a challenge. We believe the best way to help entrepreneurs is by providing our time, expertise, and resources to help flesh out these key strategic decisions. Making the right decisions at the right time can often make the difference. We are here to improve these dynamics, at a time when the help matters the most. Why Work With AI Fund? Getting a startup from idea to Series A funding is not easy. We’ve been there and understand the challenges you must overcome. Whether you desire limited help and just want access to our unique ecosystems of AI experts and entrepreneurs or you would like our full support, we are interested in the opportunity to help in your success. We are flexible in how we work with companies, but ultimately, we are here to maximize your chance of success and accelerate getting your company to market. We provide the capital, expertise, and resources to accelerate the work required to minimize risks in your startup, help you rise above the noise, and make your company more attractive to new investors.
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