Staff AI Systems Engineer
Archer · San Jose, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago · $190,000 - $237,000
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days Archer's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 93% of Archer's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Archer
- high 156 stale, 5 reposted of 158 open
- Hiring momentum
- 226 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Archer's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Archer.
About this role
As a Staff AI Systems Engineer at Archer, you will be responsible for architecting, deploying, and managing infrastructure services necessary for large-scale AI model training and inference. Your role will involve optimizing machine learning platforms, collaborating with AI researchers and software engineers, and ensuring robust performance of AI systems.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Archer as an employer.
What you need
- BS/MS/PhD degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience focused on AI/ML systems, high-performance computing (HPC), or ML infrastructure
- Familiarity with hyper-scaler infrastructure (AWS) and AI-centric bare-metal and GPU clouds
- Hands-on experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
- Deep architectural understanding of large language models and their system infrastructure
- Experience building high-throughput data pipelines, including proficiency in SQL, NoSQL, and columnar storage formats optimized for ML
Nice to have
- Familiarity with audio processing, speech-to-text frameworks, or Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) pipelines
- Prior experience or deep technical interest in aerospace, aviation, or autonomous systems
What you get
- Targeted base pay between $190,000 - $237,000
- Pay-for-performance culture
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options
- Compensation range provided, but actual pay determined by various factors
- Job description does not include exhaustive responsibilities or qualifications
Summarised from Archer's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Archer on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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