CareerPlan

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform and Execution Model)

RCP HQ (McLean, VA)Full-time$180k–$240k2026-10-07 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design and build the core execution model (state machine, lifecycle, resource model) for Trase OS, a distributed platform for deploying and managing AI agents in regulated enterprise environments.

Role type

Senior/Staff Software Engineer (Platform and Execution Model)

Builds

Trase OS, an orchestration-heavy system coordinating long-lived workflows, agents, and tools for enterprise AI deployment.

Domain

Enterprise AI, Distributed Systems, Platform Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Distributed systems architecture, Durable execution patterns (state machines, saga/compensation, idempotency), Security & governance (RBAC/ABAC, policy enforcement), Observability (distributed tracing, metrics), Modern systems languages (Go, Rust, Java, TypeScript), Cloud-native stacks (containers, CI/CD, IaC), Systems design (storage, queues, schedulers)

Preferred skills

Workflow engine experience (Temporal, Cadence, AWS Step Functions), Policy engines (OPA), ML/LLM evaluation frameworks, Government or healthcare experience (HIPAA)

Technologies

Go, Rust, Java, TypeScript, Grafana, OPA, KMS

Responsibilities

Design clean abstractions for the platform execution model; Ensure correctness and determinism in workflow execution; Develop platform APIs/SDKs; Engineer reliability at scale (concurrency controls, sharding); Build security & governance into the core; Deliver observability (distributed tracing, structured logs); Own quality (design reviews, test strategy, SLOs); Mentor engineers.

Seniority

Senior/Staff, hands-on IC with architectural leadership