Staff Software Engineer (AI Agents)

People In AI connects exceptional AI talent with ambitious companies building the future of artificial intelligence. The Staff Software Engineer will build and deploy production AI agents, design systems for fragmented enterprise data, and develop reusable agent and platform infrastructure. The role also involves owning customer problems through production, improving agent reliability, and working directly with customers and technical leadership.

Responsibilities:

• Build and deploy production AI agents
• Own customer problems from initial discovery through production
• Design systems around complex, fragmented enterprise data
• Improve agent reliability, performance, and failure handling
• Build reusable agent and platform infrastructure
• Work directly with customers and technical leadership

Requirements:

• Experience building and owning AI agents in production
• Strong backend and software engineering fundamentals
• Experience with production LLM systems and their failure modes
• Ability to work across AI, backend, data, and product
• Strong ownership and comfort operating in ambiguous environments
• Startup experience strongly preferred