Software Engineer, Agent Platform
Core
Build and scale production services, APIs, and orchestration systems that enable AI agents to execute code, use tools, and interact with external systems reliably at scale.
Role type
Senior IC backend engineer (agent platform)
Builds
Production execution environments, APIs, and integrations for agentic products like Codex and ChatGPT tool use
Domain
AI Agents / Distributed Systems / Cloud Infrastructure
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
large-scale backend systems, distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, API design, system orchestration, performance optimization, observability, capacity planning, secure execution environments, sandboxing, infrastructure-as-code
Preferred skills
building shared platforms, evolving prototypes to production, understanding concurrency and failure modes, cross-service collaboration
Technologies
Terraform, containers, orchestration systems, cloud platforms
Responsibilities
Build and operate production services for agent execution and tool use; Design APIs and platform abstractions for product teams; Develop orchestration systems for agent execution, state, and resource management; Improve platform reliability, latency, and efficiency; Partner with product, research, and security teams to launch new capabilities; Own systems through full lifecycle from design to operation
