CareerPlan

Staff Engineer, Applied AI (Customer Agent)

BostonFull-time$176k–$264k2026-11-08
On-site · United StatesNo visa sponsorship

Core

Building a conversational AI system (Customer Agent) that allows brands to serve their own customers at scale.

Role type

Staff Engineer, Applied AI (Agentic Systems)

Builds

Production agentic systems for customer support and engagement

Domain

AI / Machine Learning / Customer Support

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Agentic system orchestration, non-deterministic failure handling, system evaluation frameworks, security against misuse, technical product direction, hands-on coding, architecture design, mentorship

Preferred skills

Multi-tenant agent platform experience, 0-to-1 product building, AI observability, human-in-the-loop workflows

Technologies

LLMs, Agentic frameworks

Responsibilities

Set technical and product direction for core areas, solve hardest technical problems in orchestration and governance, write and ship code, define reusable patterns, partner with product and data science leaders, evaluate emerging AI technologies

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope