Software Engineer 5 – Agent Platform, AI Platform
Core
Design, build, and operate the infrastructure (SDKs, APIs, evaluation stacks) enabling Netflix engineers to create, deploy, and run production-grade AI agents.
Role type
Senior IC software engineer (AI agent platform)
Builds
Agent SDK, MCP Gateway, evaluation suites, and observability tools for AI agents
Domain
AI/ML infrastructure, distributed systems, agent frameworks
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
LLM agent lifecycle management (plan/act/observe), agent framework expertise (Strands, LangGraph, etc.), SDK/API design, LLM evaluation & observability, scalable distributed systems, Python, Java/Go/C++/Rust/Zig
Preferred skills
Temporal, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes, large-scale CI/CD
Technologies
Python, Java, Go, C++, Rust, Zig, Strands, OpenAI Agents SDK, Anthropic Claude Agent SDK, LangGraph, pydantic-ai, CrewAI, Google ADK, Braintrust, LangSmith, W&B, Temporal, FastAPI, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Design and operate the Agent SDK and MCP Gateway; build agents and infrastructure across the full lifecycle; implement evaluation tracing and quality signals; ensure reliability and guardrails for high-scale non-deterministic systems; lead cross-functional initiatives with ML scientists and product managers; iterate on developer experience
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
