Senior Software Engineer

8337 Portugal - Genesys International B.V. – Portugal Branch; Portugal; Teletrabalho; EUR 70 000 - 100 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Flexible work culture

Learning & development programs

Volunteer time off

Well-being resources

Education support

Resumo da oferta

Genesys is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to build next‑gen AI agent capabilities in a virtual Portugal-based environment. You will design agent-to-agent communication, MCP integrations, and workflows that chain reasoning and tool usage into production-grade automations.

The role emphasizes hands-on software engineering across distributed systems, with a focus on LLMs, A2A, and API design. A flexible, globally distributed team supports ongoing mentorship and development.

Qualificações

• What you must have: 5-6 years of professional software engineering producing production systems.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and agent frameworks.
• Familiarity with MCP and/or A2A or ability to ramp up quickly.
• Strong systems design skills including state, concurrency, and observability.
• Proficiency in TypeScript/Node or Java; experience with API design and tool-calling patterns.
• Ability to work with ambiguity and communicate complex agent behavior clearly.

Responsabilidades

• Design and build agent-to-agent (A2A) communication systems for co-operative agents.
• Build and maintain MCP servers and clients to connect agents to tools and data sources.
• Architect agentic workflows chaining reasoning and tool use into reliable automations.
• Own the full lifecycle of agent features from design to deployment and monitoring.
• Collaborate with product and engineering to translate customer needs into architectures.
• Improve reliability, latency, and cost of production agent systems.
• Contribute to internal frameworks to speed up agent development and testing.
• Stay current with evolving agent ecosystems and best practices.

Conhecimentos

LLMs & agent frameworks

System design

TypeScript/Node or Java

API design & integrations

Ambiguity management

Effective communication

Ferramentas

MCP (Model Context Protocol)

A2A (agent-to-agent)

Vector databases

RAG pipelines

Descrição da oferta de emprego

Be the one building AI-powered experiences where they matter most. At Genesys, we help organizations create better customer experiences through AI-powered experience orchestration. Our platform connects people, systems, data and AI to help organizations deliver more personalized service, improve operational efficiency and build stronger customer relationships. Help build, support and operate technology used by more than 8,000 organizations in over 100 countries – moving AI from possibility to production in real-world enterprise environments every day.

Senior Software Engineer, AI Agents

Department & Team: Engineering – MCP Orchestration

Location: Virtual Office (Portugal)

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer to build the next generation of AI agent capabilities at Genesys. You'll work on the protocols and infrastructure that let autonomous agents communicate, coordinate, and execute real work: Agent2Agent (A2A) communication, Model Context Protocol (MCP) integrations, and multi-step agentic workflows. This is a hands‑on engineering role for someone who wants to work at the frontier of applied AI within customer experience and contact center technology, not just consume it through an API.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and build agent-to-agent (A2A) communication systems that let multiple autonomous agents collaborate on shared tasks
• Build and maintain MCP servers and clients to connect agents to tools, data sources, and external systems
• Architect agentic workflows that chain reasoning, tool use, and decision‑making into reliable, production‑grade automations
• Own the full lifecycle of agent features: design, implementation, evaluation, deployment, and monitoring
• Partner with product and the broader engineering team to translate real customer experience and workflow automation needs into agent architectures
• Improve reliability, latency, and cost of agent systems running in production at scale
• Contribute to internal frameworks and tooling that make it faster to build and test new agents
• Stay current with the fast‑moving agent ecosystem and bring in new techniques and standards as they mature

Minimum Requirements

• 5-6 years of professional software engineering experience, with a track record of shipping production systems
• Hands‑on experience building with LLMs and agent frameworks
• Practical experience with MCP (Model Context Protocol) and/or A2A, or strong familiarity with the underlying concepts and a fast ability to ramp up
• Strong systems design skills: reasoning about state, concurrency, failure modes, and observability in distributed, non‑deterministic systems
• Proficiency in TypeScript/Node or Java
• Experience with API design, integrations, and tool‑calling patterns
• Comfort operating with ambiguity in a space where best practices are still being written
• Excellent communication skills, especially explaining complex agent behavior to non‑technical stakeholders

Desirable Skills

• Experience with vector databases, RAG pipelines, or evaluation frameworks for LLM outputs
• Contributions to open‑source agent or protocol projects
• Background in contact center, CX platforms, or enterprise integration
• Experience with prompt engineering and context management at scale

Working at Genesys AI at enterprise scale – Build, support and operate AI‑powered technology used by more than 8,000 organizations worldwide. 150+ new AI features were released in the last fiscal year.

A flexible‑first culture – Join a global team of nearly 7,000 employees with flexible ways of working designed to help people do their best work.

Growth in the AI era – Build future‑ready skills through mentorship, learning programs, leadership development and education support.

Time to recharge and give back – Benefits include paid volunteer time, August Free Fridays, well‑being resources and regionally tailored programs for employees and their families.

Recognized globally – Genesys is Great Place to Work® certified in 17 countries and 94% of employees are proud to tell others they work at Genesys.

Learn more about our culture, AI innovation and sustainability commitments through our Careers site and Sustainability Report.

About Genesys

Genesys® empowers more than 8,000 organizations worldwide to create the best customer and employee experiences. Genesys Cloud™ is the Agentic Orchestration Platform that securely connects people, systems, data and AI across the enterprise with built‑in governance and control. As a result, organizations can drive customer loyalty, growth and retention while increasing operational efficiency and teamwork across human and AI workforces. To learn more, visit www.genesys.ai.

Reasonable Accommodations

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