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Staff Engineer - Agentic AI

San Francisco💼 Full-time💰 $160,000–$160,000🗓 2026-06-03 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design and lead the core agent intelligence layer that executes multi-step workflows across complex desktop engineering software (CAD, CAE, PLM) to turn engineers' intent into reliable, cost-efficient actions.

Role type

Staff Engineer (Agentic AI)

Builds

Production-grade agentic AI systems for desktop engineering tools

Domain

Mechanical engineering software / Agentic AI

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Agentic LLM architecture design, Python, LLM tooling (function calling, tracing/observability), evaluation and benchmarking of agentic systems, team leadership (3–6 engineers), cost optimization for AI workflows

Preferred skills

Desktop automation (COM, programmatic control), mechanical engineering domain knowledge, enterprise deployment constraints, open-source contributions in agentic AI

Technologies

Python, LLM frameworks, evaluation frameworks (SWE-bench, GAIA, τ-bench), observability tools (Logfire, LangSmith)

Responsibilities

Lead development of the agent intelligence layer for multi-step workflows; define agent capabilities from user stories and build implementations; drive agent task success rate and cost efficiency metrics; build rigorous evaluation infrastructure; lead user story mapping and validation; own agent architecture decisions (tool-calling, state management, error recovery); act as a player-coach writing production code and reviewing designs; collaborate cross-functionally on POCs

Seniority

Staff, technical leadership & hands-on IC

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