Senior Software Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure
Core
Design, build, and operate backend services, APIs, and shared platform capabilities supporting Handshake AI (HAI) and internal AI initiatives, with a focus on LLM-powered and agentic systems.
Role type
Senior Software Engineer (Backend Platform)
Builds
Backend services, shared libraries, architectural patterns, and developer tooling for HAI products and internal AI.
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Backend Engineering
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Backend architecture, distributed systems, TypeScript, Next.js, relational databases (PostgreSQL), cloud/containerization (GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker), LLM integration, agent orchestration, RAG, observability
Preferred skills
LLM orchestration frameworks, agent architectures with tool use/memory, internal AI platform development, event-driven architecture, high-throughput data systems
Technologies
TypeScript, Next.js, PostgreSQL, Temporal, Redis, Elasticsearch, GraphQL, GCP, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker
Responsibilities
Design and operate backend services and APIs; develop shared libraries and architectural patterns; improve system performance, scalability, and reliability; lead database design and query optimization; make architectural decisions balancing speed and maintainability; contribute to internal AI initiatives; partner with ML and Cloud Engineering teams; participate in technical planning and incident response; mentor engineers.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
