Senior Agentic AI Software Engineer

alliancedata; Bengaluru; Hybrid; INR 2,500,000 - 3,800,000; Full time

Job summary

Bread Financial in Bengaluru, India seeks a Senior Agentic Software Engineer to develop AI-powered financial tech solutions, extending agentic protocols and building specialized agents. You will mentor junior engineers, collaborate across teams, and drive scalable frontend, backend, and UI/UX improvements.

The role involves coding, testing, and code reviews while improving applications for efficiency and quality in a hybrid office environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in the Software Development Life Cycle across Full Stack, Frontend, Backend, and UI/UX engineering.
• 8+ years of experience in a related field (preferred).
• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML, Generative AI, or agentic systems (e.g., LLM-powered applications).

Responsibilities

• Build AI agents and APIs, take ownership of solutions, ensure they are well tested before deployment.
• Write unit tests, identify defects, and enforce code standards; size work based on requirements.
• Develop automation test scripts and ensure coverage for all requirements; track defects.
• Provide on-call triage and remediation for production incidents within owned systems.

Skills

Agile Methodology

Python

Full Stack Development

AWS

Telemetry

OpenAI

Gemini

GitHub Copilot

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

AWS

Job description

Job Summary

The Senior Agentic Software Engineer will develop financial technology solutions within the rapidly evolving AI world. This includes utilizing/extending agentic protocols for impact in frontier LLMs, building agents to perform specialized tasks, and developing internal AI-powered tools to drive efficiency throughout the organization. Engineers in this role will actively participate in coding, testing, and code reviews while improving applications and processes for scalability and efficiency. This role will work independently to identify issues or defects that may arise from system enhancements that would reduce the quality of a product. This role requires implementing full stack development efforts across the SDLC, improving frontend, backend, and UI/UX components. This position also involves mentoring Associate Software Engineers and Software Engineers and collaborating across teams to deliver high-quality solutions.

Essential Job Functions

• Use AI development tools to build agents, as well as APIs to be used by agents. Take ownership of solutions and ensure they are well tested before deploying them safely to various environments. Translate requirements into technical designs and application code. Develop design specs and convert them into functioning components. (50%)


• Create and execute unit tests to ensure issues are proactively identified. Analyze and review code to identify causes of errors and defects and remediate known errors. Define and enforce relevant code standards. Estimate and size work based on high-level requirements. Continuously improve applications and processes for quality, efficiency, and user experience. (20%)


• Write automation test scripts and ensure automated tests are completed with proper coverage for all requirements. Identify and track defects through their lifecyle. Provide Subject Matter Expertise of all of the components and functionality of the system and framework. (20%)


• Provide technical on-call triage, escalation and remediation as necessary for production incidents in systems over which you have ownership. (10%)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science, or related field of study or equivalent, relevant work experience


• 5+ years of experience in a related field (Software Development Life Cycle across Full Stack, Frontend and Backend Development and UI / UX engineering).

Preferred Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in a related field (Software Development Life Cycle across Full Stack, Frontend and Backend Development and UI / UX engineering).


• 6+ years of experience building production backend services.


• 3+ years of experience building public-facing frontend interfaces.


• 3+ years of experience in AI/ML, Generative AI, or agentic systems (e.g., LLM-powered applications, LangChain, LangGraph, AutoGen).

Skills

• Agile Methodology


• Python (Programming Language)


• Full Stack Development


• Amazon Web Services (AWS)


• Telemetry


• OpenAI


• Gemini


• GitHub Copilot

Reports To : Director and above

Direct Reports : 0

Work Environment

Normal office environment, hybrid.

Physical and Mental Requirements

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical, mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions, absent undue hardship.


• Communicate/Hearing


• Communicate/Talking


• Stationary Position/Seated


• Typing/Writing


• Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment

Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time, the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

About Bread Financial®

At Bread Financial, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community, and be part of our award-winning culture. We've been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and we're proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated, accepted, valued, and fulfilled -both personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non-traditional career progression.

Bread Financial® (NYSE: BFH) is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple, personalized payment, lending and saving solutions to millions of U.S. consumers. Our payment solutions deliver growth for some of the most recognized brands in travel & entertainment,