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Software AI Engineer – Agentic AI-4

New York, New York, United StatesOnsiteFull Time$250,000–$250,000 /yrPosted 2 months ago

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Role summary

We are seeking a highly experienced Software AI Engineer specializing in Agentic AI to join our team in New York, NY. This full-time, onsite role requires a deep understanding of large-scale distributed systems and LLM systems, with a strong emphasis on agentic workflows and advanced ML infrastructure. The ideal candidate will have proven ownership of complex, cross-cutting agentic systems, strong engineering fundamentals across backend, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure, and fluency with the agentic AI stack including planning, tool use, memory, and evaluation. Experience with workflow engines, async processing, queues, and streaming systems is essential. You will drive technical direction, design and operate production-grade agentic AI systems, and mentor senior engineers.

New York, New York 10001 Posted April 4th, 2026

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Job Type: Full Time

Job Category: IT

Job Description

Job Title : Software AI Engineer – Agentic AI

Location : New York, NY (ONSITE)
FTE ONLY

Job Description

  • 10+ years of experience building large-scale distributed systems + strong experience with LLM systems, agentic workflows or advanced ML infrastructure
  • Proven ownership of complex, cross-cutting agentic systems spanning multiple teams or products.
  • Strong engineering fundamentals across backend systems, APIs, data pipelines, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Deep experience across the agentic AI stack, including planning, tool use, memory, and evaluation.
  • Fluency with AI-assisted and agentic development workflows.
  • Comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and translating them into shipped, reliable autonomous systems.
  • Ability to influence technical direction and align teams without formal authority.
  • Experience in workflow engines, async processing, queues, and streaming systems.
  • Languages: Python, Go, TypeScript
  • APIs and services: REST, gRPC
  • Cloud and infrastructure: AWS and/or GCP, Kubernetes
  • Distributed systems: event-driven architectures, including Kafka
  • Orchestration Frameworks: LangGraph, LangChain, AirFlow, etc
  • Integration of commercial and open-source LLMs into agentic workflows
  • Agent and orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, or CrewAI, with strong judgment about when to use frameworks versus building lighter-weight primitives
  • Model-level work using PyTorch and the Hugging Face ecosystem (embeddings, fine-tuning, inference tooling), with some exposure to TensorFlow
  • Strong schema, validation, and state management practices using tools such as Pydantic (Python) and Zod (TypeScript)
  • Drive technical direction for agentic AI initiatives, influencing architecture patterns, autonomy boundaries, and system design.
  • Design, build, and operate production-grade agentic AI systems used across multiple products.
  • Own and evolve shared agentic AI capabilities, including:
  • Agent frameworks and orchestration layers
  • Planning, tool use, and memory strategies
  • Retrieval and grounding (RAG) pipelines
  • LLM infrastructure, inference, and model gateways
  • Evaluation, observability, and safety tooling for autonomous systems
  • Lead technical design reviews and help teams navigate tradeoffs involving autonomy, safety, reliability, scalability, and cost.
  • Partner across teams to deliver complex, cross-cutting agentic AI initiatives from concept to pro duction.
  • Evaluate emerging models, techniques, and agentic patterns and translate them into practical, enterprise-ready improvements.
  • Mentor senior engineers and raise the technical bar for agentic AI development through example and influence.

Required Skills

CLOUD SECURITY ENGINEER

SENIOR EMAIL SECURITY ENGINEER

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