Senior Software Engineer

### Who you are
- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated progression into technical leadership
- Deep proficiency in Python with experience architecting production backend systems (Django strongly preferred)
- Strong frontend development skills with React and TypeScript, including experience with complex state management
- Significant hands-on experience with LLM APIs and building orchestration systems (agent workflows, tool calling, multi-step reasoning)
- Experience designing and implementing MCP integrations, including tool servers, embedding models, and context management strategies
- Track record of defining technical roadmaps and leading projects from conception through delivery
- Experience mentoring engineers and elevating team technical practices
- Strong ability to make decisions under ambiguity and communicate technical trade-offs to stakeholders
- Demonstrated curiosity and continuous learning in the rapidly evolving AI/LLM space
- Experience building internal developer platforms, SDKs, or shared AI/ML infrastructure
- Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent)
- Deep expertise in agent architectures: multi-agent systems, tool use, planning algorithms, or memory systems
- Experience with prompt optimization, evaluation frameworks, or LLM observability tools (LangSmith, Weights & Biases)
- Background in building AI features that shipped to enterprise customers
- Experience at a B2B SaaS company scaling from Series B through growth stage
- Familiarity with sales performance, commissions, or financial software domains
- Contributions to AI/ML open-source projects or technical publications

### What the job involves
- CaptivateIQ is building AI capabilities that will transform how enterprises manage sales performance. We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to join our Agentic SDK team, an internal developer platform that enables product teams across the company to build AI-powered features
- This is a technical leadership role on a small, high-impact team. You'll own the technical roadmap for complex AI projects, making architectural decisions that shape how AI gets built across the organization
- Working across the full stack, from React/TypeScript frontends to Python backends and LLM orchestration systems, you'll define patterns and best practices that other engineers will follow
- You'll lead by example: shipping high-quality code, mentoring teammates, and making challenging technical decisions when the path forward isn't clear. As one of five engineers pioneering AI at CaptivateIQ, you'll have direct influence on team-level outcomes and accountability for alignment to our technical strategy
- This is a greenfield opportunity with outsized impact. You'll help establish the foundations of our AI platform while coaching P3 engineers and contributing to the engineering culture that will scale with the company
- Define and own the technical roadmap for complex AI platform initiatives, driving semi-annual and annual milestones
- Architect and implement production-grade LLM orchestration systems, including agent frameworks, tool calling, and multi-step reasoning workflows
- Design MCP integrations and knowledge management systems, including tool orchestration, embedding strategies, and context optimization
- Lead technical design for cross-functional AI features, making challenging decisions when trade-offs are unclear
- Establish coding standards, review practices, and architectural patterns for AI development across the Agentic SDK team
- Coach and mentor P3 engineers, helping them grow toward senior-level scope and autonomy
- Partner with product teams to translate ambiguous business needs into technical solutions, ensuring alignment to company strategy

### Benefits
- 100% of medical, dental, and vision covered including 75% for dependents
- Unlimited vacation days and quarterly mental health days so you can recharge
- $1,000 to explore your dream destination on your work anniversary
- $500 annual professional development stipend to continue growing and learning
- $500 home office stipend to decorate your home office
- $1,000 caretaker stipend to make sure our parent colleagues are being supported
- Virtual team lunches to keep you connected
- 401k plan to participate in and save towards the future
- Newest hardware and tools for the job
- Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) to support and celebrate the shared identities and life experiences of communities within CaptivateIQ