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Lead Engineer, Applied AI (Customer Agent)

BostonFull-time$176k2026-10-08 → 2026-11-11
On-site

Core

Building a conversational AI system (Customer Agent) that allows brands to serve their own customers at scale, handling orchestration, evaluation, and non-deterministic failure.

Role type

Lead Engineer, Applied AI (Agentic Systems)

Builds

Production agentic AI systems for customer support and engagement

Domain

Ecommerce / Customer Support / Generative AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Production agentic system architecture, non-deterministic failure handling, system orchestration, evaluation frameworks, guardrails, technical leadership, hands-on coding

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 agentic areas, solve hardest technical problems in orchestration and reliability, write and review code, define reusable patterns, mentor engineers, partner with product and data science teams

Seniority

Lead, hands-on IC with mentorship