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# Software Engineer, AI Agents

- **Company:** Recruiting from Scratch
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $200,000 - $320,000
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Software as a Service, Software Quality, Customer Data Management, Data Infrastructure, Machine Learning, Software Product Management, Software Engineering, TypeScript, Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Large Language Models, IT Architecture, Backend, Agentic-AI, Build Management, Information Technology, Low Latency, Automation Anywhere
- **Published:** November 10, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerbuilder.com/job-details/software-engineer-ai-agents-san-francisco-ca--c433b53b-5f52-4d85-8b5b-2b1ec65622e4

## About the Role

Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Software Engineering, Artificial Intelligence (AI) Agents, Artificial Intelligence (AI), Customer/Client Research, Marketing, Software as a Service (SaaS), Funding, Power Amplifier, * 5-12 years of software engineering experience

 * Experience building core product features at high-growth VC-backed startups
 * Experience shipping AI-powered production products from concept through launch
 * Experience working in Series C-F startup environments or similarly fast-growing companies
 * Experience building products with significant customer and business impact
 * Demonstrated progression in ownership, technical scope, or engineering leadership
 * Experience working as an early engineering hire or startup founder preferred
 * Strong product mindset with demonstrated ability to build 01 products

Technical Requirements

 * Strong backend software engineering experience
 * Experience building complex AI applications beyond simple RAG implementations
 * Experience architecting production AI systems and LLM-powered applications
 * Strong proficiency with TypeScript and modern backend development
 * Experience designing scalable distributed backend systems
 * Experience rapidly prototyping AI-powered products
 * Strong understanding of LLM architectures, prompting strategies, tool calling, and AI workflows
 * Experience evaluating AI models and selecting appropriate production architectures
 * Strong understanding of APIs, data infrastructure, and scalable backend services
 * Ability to design production systems balancing reliability, scalability, latency, and cost
 * Strong engineering fundamentals across system design, architecture, and software quality, * Bachelor's or higher degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, or a related technical field preferred
 * Degree from a top engineering university strongly preferred
 * Coursework or practical experience in Artificial Intelligence or Machine Learning is a plus

Soft Skills

 * Strong communication skills
 * Excellent product intuition
 * High ownership mentality
 * Strong customer empathy
 * Comfortable operating with ambiguity
 * Highly intellectually curious
 * Structured problem solver
 * Self-directed and proactive
 * Strong collaboration across Product, Engineering, and Leadership
 * Comfortable rapidly learning new technologies
 * Passion for AI and building customer-facing products

## Description

* Design and build production-ready AI agents that help businesses automate customer engagement and marketing workflows
 * Prototype and rapidly iterate AI-powered product experiences using modern LLMs and AI frameworks
 * Build scalable backend systems supporting AI-powered decision making and intelligent automation
 * Develop production-grade LLM pipelines capable of solving complex customer problems
 * Build AI agents that analyze customer data, generate insights, and recommend business actions
 * Work directly with the CTO and COO to prototype new AI product lines from concept through production
 * Evaluate emerging AI models, frameworks, and methodologies to determine the best production architectures
 * Design scalable backend services supporting AI workflows and enterprise customer data
 * Build highly reliable production systems capable of serving enterprise-scale workloads
 * Partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Design to create intuitive AI-assisted user experiences
 * Make key technical decisions around AI architecture, backend systems, and product direction
 * Improve engineering quality, scalability, performance, and reliability across AI products