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Agent Engineer - AI

USA💼 Full-time💰 $90,000–$130,000🗓 2026-05-25 → 2026-09-26

Core

Training advanced AI systems to function as proactive, multi-step agents through human feedback and evaluating system behavior to optimize complex real-world architectural workflows.

Role type

Senior IC AI backend engineer (agent orchestration)

Builds

Orchestration-focused solutions guiding agents through multi-step tasks

Domain

Generative AI / Autonomous Agents

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Backend engineering, AI automation, complex system integration, modular software design, multi-step system interaction management, SQL database proficiency, live non-mocked environment development

Preferred skills

Multi-stage coordination workflow design, connecting agents to live tools and APIs, persistent state and session tracking, security and privacy risk identification, prompt injection mitigation

Technologies

Java, JavaScript, Python, SQL

Responsibilities

Train large language models to design and coordinate complex workflows, collaborate with leading AI organizations to improve generative systems, evaluate system behavior and provide technical feedback on interactions, support creation of orchestration-focused solutions, identify and surface hidden risks including security and privacy failures

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