Lead Engineer, Agentic AI Workflows

Nexthop Systems Inc; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 4,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Nexthop Systems Inc in Bengaluru is seeking a Lead Engineer for Agentic AI Workflows to develop innovative AI-powered systems. The role involves designing and building agentic workflows that enhance business operations.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of software engineering experience with a focus on AI applications. This position offers a dynamic startup environment where you'll have ownership and impact from concept to production.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, AI platforms, or automation.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, agents, and AI applications.
• Strong Python and/or TypeScript skills.

Responsibilities

• Build agentic AI workflows for business operations.
• Design human-in-the-loop workflows.
• Develop AI copilots and assistants using LLMs.

Skills

Software engineering experience

Building AI applications

Python and/or TypeScript

Integration with APIs

Understanding of reliability in AI workflows

Communication skills

Tools

LangChain

OpenAI APIs

Kubernetes

Job description

Nexthop.ai builds cutting‑edge solutions for large‑scale AI infrastructure. The team brings deep expertise in hardware, software, networking, cloud, and AI with a fast‑moving startup culture. We are looking for a Lead Engineer, Agentic AI Workflows to build AI‑powered systems where agents and humans work together to simplify operations and decision‑making.

What You’ll Do

• Build agentic AI workflows for business operations and tooling.
• Design human‑in‑the‑loop workflows with approvals, escalation, guardrails, and operator feedback.
• Develop AI copilots and assistants using LLMs, tools, APIs, telemetry, logs, and real‑time system data.
• Create reusable patterns for agent orchestration, tool calling, RAG, workflow automation, and task execution.
• Work closely with Infrastructure, product, business teams to turn AI ideas into working product features.

What We’re Looking For

• 10+ years of software engineering experience in backend, full‑stack, AI platforms, automation, cloud, or infrastructure systems.
• Hands‑on experience building AI applications using LLMs, agents, RAG, tool calling, copilots, or workflow engines.
• Strong Python and/or TypeScript skills.
• Experience integrating with APIs, databases, event streams, telemetry, logs, or monitoring systems.
• Good understanding of reliability, safety, latency, cost, observability, and failure handling in AI workflows.
• Strong ownership, communication, and ability to work in a fast‑paced startup environment.

Bonus

• Experience with LangChain, LangGraph, LlamaIndex, Semantic Kernel, CrewAI, AutoGen, OpenAI APIs, Anthropic APIs, or similar frameworks.
• Background in AIOps, networking, Kubernetes, observability, cloud infrastructure, or real‑time systems.
• Experience building chat‑based assistants, operational copilots, or automation platforms.

Why Join

• Startup energy with an experienced team.
• Build practical agentic AI systems that combine automation with human judgment.
• High‑impact role with ownership from concept to production impacting business decisions.