Senior AI Engineer

About BoomPop, Inc.

Who We Are

At BoomPop, we believe in the magic of bringing people together. Since 2020, we've been transforming the way people gather, making it easier, more engaging, and truly unforgettable. We combine a top-notch event planning team with cutting-edge AI technology to make planning events as easy as shopping online.

We’ve had the pleasure of organizing exceptional events for over 6,000 clients, including Google, Nike, and Accenture, bringing together more than 300,000 attendees. And we're just getting started.

We have raised over $20M from top-tier investors including Atomic, ACME Capital, and Alex Rodriguez (A-Rod). 

Why Join Us?

The world of work is changing, and BoomPop is leading the charge. With remote work on the rise, companies like Airbnb, Salesforce, and Shopify are embracing a new mantra: “Offsites are the new office.”

The group travel and events industry is booming, and we're at the heart of it. Businesses are shifting their budgets from traditional office spaces to in-person experiences. Group travel, which was already a massive part of the $900 billion corporate travel industry, is growing even faster now.

Join us and be part of a world-class team that's redefining the future of travel and events. You'll find endless opportunities for growth, the chance to work with top-tier clients, and the thrill of making a real impact on the world.

About the role

BoomPop is creating the world’s first events platform fully powered by AI. As a Senior AI engineer, you will play a pivotal role in developing our AI tools, helping create a seamless agent experience across our entire platform, and mentoring other engineers working with AI. Your mission is to develop a world-class copilot to help event planners create awe-inspiring events with minimal effort. You will collaborate across the engineering team and develop frameworks that help other engineers contribute to and progress our AI architecture.

Top 3 Priorities

1. AI Tool and platform development
2. Demonstrate leadership in code quality and best practices
3. Be innovative and collaborate cross-functionally

What you'll do

• Provide/inspire innovations that fuel the growth of BoomPop as a whole and generate creative ideas for emerging business needs.
• Be involved in the entire product lifecycle, from ideation through building, testing, deploying, monitoring, and supporting mission-critical systems.
• Provide high-quality code and design review feedback to other engineers; defines, evangelizes and leads the adoption of standards and best practices within the organization for code and design reviews.
• Optimize performance and maintain system stability.
• Ensure that software design patterns and best practices are followed throughout the development process.
• Keep abreast of industry trends, best practices, and emerging technologies in software development
• Review code contributions from the team and provide constructive feedback to promote code quality and maintain coding standards
• Create and maintain technical documentation for developed software, APIs, and processes to ensure comprehensive understanding and knowledge transfer

Technologies We Use:

• TypeScript – frontend and backend
• AWS – Lambda, etc.
• SST - Infrastructure as code
• Next.js
• GraphQL
• Postgres
• React
• Playwright automated testing
• Automated CI/CD pipeline using Github Actions
• OpenAI

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience delivering systems and applications
• Solid foundation in writing scalable code following best practices of accessibility, performance optimization, and instrumentation.
• Solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns
• Strong experience with relational/non-relational database design, implementation, and analytics 
• 3+ years of React experience
• 3+ years of experience in mid-tier - AWS Lambda, Node, etc.
• Desire to work at a startup! This means things change quickly, and you’re comfortable with that.
• Building full-stack applications that leverage AI/ML models in production.
• Experience building chatbots is a plus.
• Experience with AI/ML frameworks and tools like Bedrock, OpenAI, LangChain, Hugging Face, MLFlow, or SageMaker is a plus.

Benefits & Perks

• Competitive salary + equity, with tons of room for career growth
• Company sponsored 401(k)
• Generous PTO
• Paid parental leave 
• Flexibility to work from anywhere
• Amazing team offsites + events every quarter
• World-class medical, vision, and dental plans with 100% employee contributions covered + 80% dependent contributions covered
• $50/month phone stipend

Occasional Travel: Connecting is in our DNA, please note that we anticipate roughly 3-4 nights of travel per quarter for this role.

Total Compensation Package; Including Benefits and Stock:

• Base: $140,000 - $170,000 a year; Depending on Experience and Qualifications
• Medical, vision, dental, life: $10,000 - $16,000 a year; Depending on Individual or Family Plan
• Equity: Our vision is to take BoomPop to the moon; Total Estimated Value for this Role is $50,000+

Please note that this is a fully-remote opportunity. 

We are focused on building a diverse and inclusive workforce. If you’re excited about this role, but do not meet 100% of the qualifications listed above, we encourage you to apply.

BoomPop is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics, or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law. BoomPop considers all qualified applicants in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

For California-based applicants: Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring, BoomPop will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.