Senior Staff Engineer, Agentic AI Developer

This is an exciting opportunity to join a highly technical engineering team at the forefront of Agentic AI adoption within semiconductor design and verification workflows. The team is building intelligent AI-driven systems that help engineers analyze complex test failures, automate troubleshooting, and accelerate chip development processes.

The ideal candidate brings hands-on experience designing and implementing agentic AI solutions, including multi-agent systems, orchestration frameworks, tool-calling workflows, and LLM-integrated applications. This role is highly visible and will help shape the direction of the team’s AI strategy from the ground up.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy Agentic AI applications using modern orchestration frameworks and LLM technologies
• Build multi-step reasoning pipelines, tool-calling agents, and AI-driven automation workflows
• Develop software solutions in Python, Go, Linux shell scripting, and related technologies
• Integrate AI capabilities with internal engineering tools, workflows, and data sources
• Collaborate with software engineers, infrastructure teams, and semiconductor design teams to solve complex technical challenges
• Build and enhance CI/CD pipelines, software build systems, and automation frameworks
• Write clean, maintainable, well-documented code and participate in peer reviews
• Help guide technical direction and best practices for emerging AI initiatives

Do you have experience in Tooling?, * 5+ years of professional software engineering experience

• Strong production-level Python development experience
• Strong Linux and shell scripting expertise
• Hands-on experience building Agentic AI systems, LLM applications, or AI orchestration frameworks
• Experience with tools such as LangGraph, CrewAI, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, LangChain, or similar technologies
• Experience designing tool-use pipelines, agent workflows, and AI-enabled automation
• Experience with Jenkins and CI/CD environments
• Understanding of software build systems and GNU Make
• Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills

Nice to Have

• Go or Perl development experience
• Experience working with open-source and commercial LLMs
• Experience with on-prem AI deployments
• Semiconductor industry experience
• Familiarity with RTL, Verilog, EDA tools, Synopsys, or Cadence environments
• OpenShift, Kubernetes, or infrastructure automation experience

3.93.9 out of 5 stars San Jose, CA 95123 $90 - $94 an hour - Temporary, Eastridge Workforce Solutions offers the following benefits, subject to applicable eligibility requirements. Use this link https://applicantcenterstorage.blob.core.windows.net/public-documents/EWSb1cb390e-729b-47eb-ab2f-b92adafbdd07-2024EplicaBenefitSummaryTempExternal.pdf to learn more about benefits available to Eastridge’s temporary employees. Due to the varying length(s) of temporary assignments, Eastridge Workforce Solutions’ Temporary Staff are not eligible for paid time off, unless required by applicable state law in which the position is based. However, from time to time Eastridge’s clients may offer additional benefits to Eastridge employees while on assignment. Information about those benefits will be communicated when applicable.

Disclaimer: The compensation and benefits information in this posting represents Eastridge’s good faith and reasonable estimate of what it might pay for this position. Eastridge reserves the right to modify this information at any time, subject to applicable law.

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