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Staff Software Engineer, Product Workflow Reinvention

Palo Alto💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-04 → 2026-09-26

Core

Foundational technical lead for a 0-to-1 initiative to replace human-centric product workflows with an AI-native system using LLM agents and agentic execution.

Role type

Staff Software Engineer (AI-native platform & agentic workflows)

Builds

Internal platforms for product workflow orchestration, state machines, event systems, and agentic execution tools.

Domain

Fintech / AI Engineering / Agentic Systems

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

End-to-end architectural ownership, workflow engines, state machines, event-driven architecture, LLM agent design, cost optimization for inference, internal platform adoption strategy

Preferred skills

Experience building internal tools for other builders, deep backend expertise, strategic alignment with CPO

Technologies

LLMs, agentic systems, state machines, event orchestration

Responsibilities

Lead architecture of the orchestration layer and single system of record; Design AI-native platform primitives; Make agents reliable and affordable via evaluation harnesses; Ship first-generation workflow tools; Operate in a high-autonomy greenfield environment

Seniority

Staff, hands-on IC with strategic scope

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