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Agentic AI Engineer

Redwood City, California, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$130,000–$180,000 /yrPosted 24 days ago

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Agentic AI Engineer

Redwood City, CA 94063

THE OPPORTUNITY:

- We're looking for a
Senior Full Stack Engineer
who thrives at the intersection of backend systems and frontend experiences. You'll develop and build high-scale services with
Node.js and Python
, deliver enterprise-scale interfaces with
React
, and play a key role in advancing our platform's intelligence with
AI agents
and
prompt engineering
- If you're energized by working across the stack and excited to build the next generation of AI-integrated enterprise tools, we'd love to talk

WHAT YOU'LL DO:

Backend & Infrastructure

- Develop and implement distributed backend services using
Node.js, TypeScript,
and
Python
(e.g., NestJS, FastAPI)
- Build and maintain
RESTful
and
GraphQL APIs
to power client applications
- Design scalable asynchronous workflows with
Kafka, Azure Service Bus,
or
RabbitMQ
- Ensure systems meet high standards of
security, performance,
and
availability
- Collaborate on infrastructure strategy, with exposure to
Docker, Kubernetes
, and cloud environments
(Azure preferred)

Frontend Engineering

- Build modern, accessible, and high-performance UI components with
React, TypeScript,
and
Next.js
- Work closely with Product and UX to turn complex workflows into simple, intuitive experiences
- Ensure seamless integration between frontend and backend through thoughtful API design

AI & Intelligent Systems (Plus Experience)

- Contribute to development of AI-driven product features, including
autonomous agents, AI chatbots
and
decision support workflows
- Collaborate on
prompt engineering
for LLM-based systems, optimizing reliability and relevance
- Work with frameworks like LangChain, LangGraph or like build stateful, multi-step AI agents
- Help bridge traditional application logic with emerging AI workflows in a production-grade environment

Mentorship & Collaboration

  • Guide technical decisions and mentor junior engineers
  • Participate in code reviews, architecture discussions, and engineering OKRs
  • Foster a culture of quality, curiosity, and continuous improvement

WHAT YOU BRING:

  • At least 5+ years in software engineering, with significant full-stack experience
  • Strong backend expertise in Node.js (NestJS, Express) and Python (FastAPI or similar)
  • Deep front-end experience with React, TypeScript, and responsive UI design
  • Hands-on experience with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures
  • Plus: Experience building AI agents, integrating LLMs, or working with LangGraph, LangChain, or similar
  • Bonus: Knowledge of prompt engineering and best practices for interacting with LLM APIs (e.g., OpenAI, Azure OpenAI)
  • Strong communication skills and a collaborative, growth-oriented mindset

WITHIN YOUR FIRST 6 MONTHS

1 Month:

  • Ramp up on our architecture, engineering tools, and agentic development
  • Pair with senior engineers to learn the system and start contributing code

3 Months:

  • Own and develop new features and services end-to-end
  • Help evolve our backend/API and frontend component libraries
  • Participate in roadmap planning and engineering initiatives

6 Months:

  • Serve as a go-to technical leader in full-stack development
  • Master AI and LLM integration efforts within engineering
  • Mentor engineers and help shape our technical culture

*We are a no-ego bunch, and super excited to build an awesome team in a category-creating company together!*

OUR VALUES – WE LIVE BY THE 4 Hs:

  • Humble experts
  • Hungry for the opportunity
  • Intellectually honest
  • Operating as one happy team

A FEW OF OUR AWESOME BENEFITS:

  • Discretionary Time off & sick days
  • Paid holidays
  • Health insurance
  • 401K with employer matching
  • Quarterly All-Hands Meetings
  • And much more!

We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace committed to building a team culture that celebrates learning, diversity and inclusion. If you're hungry to grow your skills while growing a company, your sense of urgency matches the size of our market opportunity, and you value and enable teammates’ contributions, then come join us!

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