Applied AI Engineer

Morningside AI - Remote - English-speaking

Who We Are

Morningside AI builds and implements AI for companies that can't afford to get it wrong. Fortune 500s, NBA teams, major media groups - they come to us because we actually ship, not just strategize.

We started as a development studio. Now we're a full transformation partner: development, consulting, education. Whatever the problem requires. We've spent the last two and a half years figuring out what actually works when you put AI into production - not theory, not demos, real systems that run real businesses.

We're headquartered in New Zealand with team members working remotely across the world.

Morningside AI Is Not a Typical Development Agency. We Believe...

• Perfection is a trap. We build, deploy, learn, and improve. If you need six months of planning before you can start, this isn't the place.
• No layers of approval, no death by meeting, no waiting for permission. You own your work from day one, which means real accountability too.
• No politics, no sugar-coating, no guessing games. We give direct feedback and we expect the same. Problems get named so they can get fixed.
• We use AI to build AI. If you're still writing every line by hand, you're already behind. We use every tool available to move faster than teams twice our size.
• We don't care when you're online. We care about what you ship.

We're Looking For People Who Want To...

Build AI-powered products for enterprise clients - conversational AI, voice agents, data integrations, web applications. Often all in the same project.

You will own features end-to-end. Frontend to backend to LLM integration to deployment. Some projects need someone to architect systems and lead technical decisions. Others need someone to take a spec and ship it fast. We're hiring for both.

Must Haves

• You work across the entire stack - backends, frontends, databases, APIs, deployment.
• You've shipped with OpenAI, Anthropic, or similar. You understand prompting, RAG, embeddings, and when to use what. Or you can prove you'll pick it up fast.
• You use AI to multiply your output. Cursor, Copilot, Claude, custom scripts - whatever gives you leverage. Engineers who type every line by hand can't keep up.
• You take a problem and deliver a solution. You ask the right questions, make sensible tradeoffs, and ship without constant direction.
• You explain technical decisions to non-technical clients. You flag blockers early. You give and receive direct feedback without drama.

Nice To Haves

• Voice AI experience.
• Enterprise security (VPC, RBAC, HIPAA).
• Technical leadership.
• Consulting or agency backgrounds.

We're hiring at different levels. 3+ years shipping clean code? We want to talk. 7+ years and can own architecture for a team? We definitely want to talk.

Compensation + Benefits

We're looking for the top 1% of developers, and we pay accordingly. If you're exceptional, we'll make it work. Remote, EU preferred with US timezone overlap. Base salary plus quarterly performance bonus tied to delivery.