AI Software Engineer III

Job overview

The AI Software Engineer III role is listed as remote for Eastern or Central time zones, with Cincinnati, OH and Farmington Hills, MI identified as preferred locations. Compensation is not specified. Strategic Data Systems is a software consultancy serving Fortune 100 companies, mid-sized firms, and startups. The engineer designs cross-service backend systems and guardrails that govern AI-driven system behavior. By defining enforcement patterns, improving observability, owning shared platform components, and mentoring engineers, the role supports safer and more reliable AI engineering workflows.

What you'll do

• Design backend services and APIs that enforce system behavior across services
• define enforcement, filtering, and validation within system architectures
• build cross-service controls and reusable patterns
• improve observability through logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
• own shared tooling and platform components
• mentor engineers on safe design, defensive programming, and failure handling.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

ai software engineer iii

artificial intelligence

python

typescript

aws

terraform

llm guardrails

backend services

agentic workflows

remote est/cst

cincinnati oh preferred

farmington hills mi preferred

strategic data systems

5–8 years experience

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• optional life and disability insurance
• 401(k) with company match and optional profit sharing
• paid vacation
• paid bench time
• training allowance
• referral bonuses.

Why this role

Hands-on technical leadership focused on system behavior under misuse, failure, or unexpected inputs rather than user-facing features; AWS Bedrock is a plus.

About the employer

Smart Data is hiring for this role. Industry: Computer Systems Design Services. Sector: 54.