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Lead Software Engineer - AI & Automation

USA💼 Full-time💰 $61,000–$101,000🗓 2026-09-05 → 2026-09-26

Core

Design, develop, and troubleshoot secure, high-quality software solutions and agentic AI systems that automate tasks using tool use, workflow execution, and validation.

Role type

Senior individual contributor Lead Software Engineer (AI & Automation)

Builds

Production services, automation frameworks, and agentic AI solutions integrating with infrastructure platforms and operational tooling.

Domain

Financial services infrastructure, AI engineering, and DevOps

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, Kubernetes, system design, AI-assisted development tooling, secure coding practices, observability (metrics, logs, traces, SLOs), CI/CD, agile practices

Preferred skills

SRE/DevOps experience, infrastructure automation, agentic AI frameworks, event-driven architectures, regulated environment experience

Technologies

Kubernetes, Python, SQL, JavaScript, TypeScript, CI/CD, MCP, agentic AI frameworks

Responsibilities

Design and build secure production code and automation workflows; lead evaluation of external vendors and architectural designs; define and implement observability and incident playbooks; engineer agentic AI solutions with guardrails; act as technical advisor on architecture and tradeoffs.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership

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