Agentic AI Engineer

Grapevine Round1 AI; San Francisco, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Benchling, San Francisco, seeks a founding engineer for the Intelligence Engineering & Enablement team to build agentic AI systems for the R&D cloud. You will define the foundational architecture for enterprise AI, focusing on orchestration, memory management, and production-grade reliability.

The role requires heavy hands-on coding while acting as a player-coach to drive technical strategy and standards. Candidates must have deep experience with production systems and modern AI/LLM frameworks.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of professional software engineering experience.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs and agentic patterns.
• Production experience with Python, TypeScript, or Go.
• Expertise with LLM APIs and agentic frameworks.
• Experience with RAG and vector databases.

Responsibilities

• Architect foundational AI system for enterprise use.

Skills

7+ years software engineering

Hands-on with LLMs

Production experience

Python

TypeScript

Go

Agentic frameworks

RAG & vector databases

Tools

LangChain

LangFlow

LangSmith

LangGraph

Temporal

Airflow

Pinecone

Pgvector

Vector databases

Job description

# Agentic AI EngineerBenchlingSan Francisco, United StatesPosted 8 Aug 2026Benchling is looking for a founding engineer to join their Intelligence Engineering & Enablement team to build agentic AI systems for the R&D cloud. You will define the foundational architecture for enterprise AI, focusing on orchestration, memory management, and production-grade reliability. The role requires heavy hands-on coding while acting as a player-coach to drive technical strategy and standards. Candidates must have deep experience with production systems and modern AI/LLM frameworks.Matched by TALApply to this role now. Install TAL for a 24/7 AI agent that keeps finding roles personalised for you.Apply nowInstall TALExperience7+ yearsFunctionEngineeringWork modeHybrid, United StatesCompanyTier 2## What you will work onBenchling is looking for a founding engineer to join their Intelligence Engineering & Enablement team to build agentic AI systems for the R&D cloud. You will define the foundational architecture for enterprise AI, focusing on orchestration, memory management, and production-grade reliability. The role requires heavy hands-on coding while acting as a player-coach to drive technical strategy and standards. Candidates must have deep experience with production systems and modern AI/LLM frameworks.## TAL's takeQuality 75/1005/5 clarityTier 2 companyHigh-impact, founding engineer role in a specialized domain at a well-regarded SaaS company with clearly defined technical leadership responsibilities.The JD is exceptionally clear, providing precise architectural goals, tech stack expectations, and team context for a new AI-focused initiative.## Must haves* 7+ years of professional software engineering experience* Hands-on experience with LLMs and agentic patterns* Production experience with Python, TypeScript, or Go* Expertise with LLM APIs and agentic frameworks* Experience with RAG and vector databases* Strong systems design and enterprise security fundamentals## Tools and skillspythontypescriptgollm apislangchaincrewairagvector databasespgvectorpineconen8nlangflowlangsmitharizeNice to have: langgraph, mcp, temporal, prefect, airflow.