Special Projects - OCTO

Special Projects (Office of the CTO), Staff AI Engineer

About the Role :

We're seeking an exceptional Staff AI Engineer to join our Office of the CTO's Special Projects team. This is a unique opportunity to work at the leading edge of AI research and development, building and iterating on cutting-edge AI agents and models that will shape our company's product vision and strategic direction. As a staff-level technical leader, you'll not only push the boundaries of what's possible with AI, but also set technical direction, influence architecture decisions across the organization, and mentor engineering teams. You'll have the freedom to explore emerging AI capabilities, prototype innovative solutions, and identify transformative opportunities for AI integration across our enterprise software platform.

What You'll Do :

Technical Leadership & Strategy

• Define technical vision and architecture for next-generation AI capabilities across the company
• Drive AI strategy discussions with the CTO and executive leadership, translating technical possibilities into business opportunities
• Set standards and best practices for AI development that influence teams organization-wide
• Lead cross-functional initiatives that span multiple teams and product areas

Research & Innovation

Infrastructure & Systems

Technical Development

Strategic Impact & Influence

What You Bring : Required Experience

Technical Skills

Leadership & Impact

Mindset & Approach

Preferred Qualifications

What Makes This Role Unique :

This isn't a traditional engineering role. You'll have :

Our Environment :

We're building a team culture that values intellectual curiosity, rapid experimentation, and thoughtful risk-taking. You'll work alongside other senior engineers who are equally passionate about AI's potential to transform enterprise software. We believe in giving smart people hard problems and the autonomy to solve them. As a staff engineer, you'll be a key technical leader helping shape not just what we build, but how we build it.

Your work will directly impact how our customers experience AI and shape the long-term scalability of our AI capabilities. This role is critical to our company's AI transformation and competitive positioning.

Level & Compensation :

Not sure if this is the right level? Don't worry-while this role is scoped at L5+, we're open to candidates at the Senior, Staff, or Principal level based on experience and impact. Our interviews are designed to calibrate level based on experience. Compensation is commensurate to leveling decisions.

Compensation : $200,000 - $330,000

Ultimately, in determining pay, final offers may vary from the amount listed based on geography, the role's scope and complexity, the candidate's experience and expertise, and other factors.

Moveworks Is An Equal Opportunity Employer

Who We Are

Moveworks is an AI Assistant that helps all employees find information, automate tasks, and be more productive. We give the entire workforce one interface to get answers and take action across every enterprise system. And for developers, we make it easy to build and deploy AI agents that bring the power of Moveworks to every business process or workflow.

It's all powered by a pioneering Reasoning Engine paired with an Agentic Automation Engine that, together, are able to handle even the most complex requests by understanding queries, then building and executing intelligent plans to fulfill them - in seconds.

Founded in 2016, Moveworks has raised $315M in funding, and eclipsed $100M in ARR in 2024 thanks to our award-winning product and team. Along the way, we've earned recognition as a leader in the Forrester Wave for Conversational AI Platforms for Employee Services, as a member of the Forbes Cloud 100 and AI 50 lists, and as one of America's Most Loved Workplaces according to Newsweek.

Today, Moveworks has over 500 employees in six offices globally, and is backed by some of the world's most prominent investors including Kleiner Perkins, Lightspeed, Bain Capital Ventures, Sapphire Ventures, Iconiq, and more.

Over 350 leading organizations like Marriott, Databricks, Toyota, CVS Health, and Honeywell trust Moveworks to increase operational efficiency, enhance the employee experience, and drive lasting AI transformation.

Come join one of the most innovative teams on the planet!