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You'll build scalable solutions, influence technical direction, and make the engineers around you better.\nAI at Loop Engineering:\nEngineering at Loop is AI-first, not aspirationally, but operationally. Every engineer is provisioned with Claude Code and Cursor, and we expect AI agents to be your default starting point before you open a file. The role has shifted: you are not primarily a writer of code. You are the judgment layer, the person who determines what should be built, validates that what was built is correct, and owns the outcome in production. At the senior level, that judgment extends beyond your own work to the systems, standards, and people around you. You're not just using AI well - you're helping your team develop the habits and instincts to use it well too.\nOur Blended Work Environment:\nWe work from our HQ in Columbus, OH, and are distributed throughout the United States, select Canadian provinces, United Kingdom, and Australia. 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Model what good verification looks like, not just for your own PRs, but in how you give feedback on others' AI-generated work. \nLead small to medium-sized technical initiatives: provide direction, surface dependencies early, and keep stakeholders informed without being asked. \nMentor and develop more junior engineers through code review, pairing, and direct feedback. Making the people around you better is part of the job, not a bonus. \nMake reversible decisions fast and flag the irreversible ones early. Operational trust means others can plan around your delivery. \nMake the system around you more effective, not just your own output. Propose improvements to code quality, processes, and team norms, and follow through on them.\nYour Experience:\n5+ years building web applications, backend services, and APIs. 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