Staff Engineer - AI

BillGO, Inc.•Fort Collins, CO

About The Position

BillGO is building the next generation of payment and money movement infrastructure for small businesses. AI is core to how we scale reliability, reduce operational friction, and deliver better outcomes across payments, risk, and support. We’re hiring a Staff AI Engineer, a senior individual contributor who combines deep hands-on engineering with strong technical leadership. This role reports directly to the CTO and operates as a trusted technical partner to senior leadership, helping turn business intent into production-grade AI systems that operate at scale.

Requirements

10+ years of professional software engineering experience, with significant ownership of production systems.
Proven experience shipping AI / ML enabled systems into real-world production.
Strong proficiency in one or more backend languages (Java, C#, Python).
Deep understanding of distributed systems and modern architectural patterns.
Experience with cloud platforms (AWS and/or Azure), microservices, and event-driven systems.
Hands-on experience with CI/CD, containerization (Docker), and Kubernetes.
Strong understanding of production ML systems, including: Model inference and serving Feature engineering and data quality Monitoring and operating ML models (MLOps)
Comfortable operating in ambiguity and making decisions with imperfect information.
Strong technical judgment with a bias toward action.
Clear communicator who can influence both technical and non-technical partners.
Builder’s mindset with a focus on measurable impact.

Nice To Haves

Experience with payments, banking, or financial infrastructure is a strong plus.
Experience with LLMs or modern AI systems in production is a strong plus.