Agentic Engineer $160k – $200k base 6 Denver, CO

Straddle; Denver (CO); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity Ownership

Unlimited PTO

Health & Wellness Coverage

Paid Parental Leave

Professional Development

Home Office & Equipment Stipend

Team Retreats

Autonomy & Ownership

Mission-Driven Work

Job summary

Straddle is hiring an Agentic Engineer who builds by directing AI coding agents and owns the outcome. You will turn ambiguous problems into precise specs, decompose work for parallel agents, and review what they ship with a high bar. Security and correctness are non-negotiable as you shape how Straddle engineers with agents.

You will lead specs, verify results, and ensure scalable, compliant payments infrastructure while mentoring teammates and driving a culture of disciplined engineering.

Qualifications

• Strong engineering fundamentals with 5+ years building production software.
• Hands-on agentic experience using tools like Claude Code or Cursor agent mode.
• Specification and decomposition: breaking problems down for agents.
• Verification mindset: testing and correctness with debugging skills.
• High-rigor review: ability to review code you didn’t author.
• Communication and teamwork: strong writing and collaboration skills.
• Comfort with non-determinism and evaluating outputs.

Responsibilities

• Spec before you build: turn intent into precise specs and acceptance criteria.
• Decompose features into agent-sized tasks and slice work effectively.
• Direct and orchestrate multiple agents across features and backlog.
• Own verification: build tests, builds, and checks for agent self-correction.
• Review at volume: assess agent diffs for correctness, security, performance.
• Improve the system: maintain shared context and tooling for agents.
• Security and compliance: apply fintech controls and secure coding practices.
• Set the standard: establish conventions and coach the team on specs and review.

Skills

Engineering fundamentals

Agentic tooling experience

Specification and decomposition

Verification mindset

Code review

Communication & teamwork

Non-determinism handling

Leadership

Tools

.NET (C#)

TypeScript

PostgreSQL

AWS

Job description

Want to be at the frontier of how the products of tomorrow get built? We're hiring an Agentic Engineer who builds by directing AI coding agents, and owns the outcome.

Straddle is building the rails for the next era of payments, with the goal of moving money as fast as data moves. You'll help build that platform a level up from traditional coding: turning ambiguous problems into precise specs, breaking them into agent-sized tasks, running several coding agents in parallel, and reviewing what they ship with a high bar. You'll write code by hand when that's the faster path, and delegate the rest. Because this is the infrastructure money runs on, security and correctness are never optional, and the bar you hold on agent output is what keeps it that way. You'll also help shape how Straddle builds with agents: the standards and tooling the rest of engineering will run on.

Key Responsibilities

Spec before you build. Turn product and technical intent into precise specs agents can execute: clear interfaces, scope, and acceptance criteria. This is the highest-leverage part of the job.

Decompose for agents. Break features, migrations, and bugs into agent-sized tasks. Knowing what's too big for one pass, and how to slice it, is the craft.

Direct and orchestrate. Run multiple agents in parallel across features, integrations, and backlog. Keep them unblocked, correct course early, reset when a session drifts.

Own verification. Build the tests, builds, and checks that let agents self-correct. On payment and compliance paths, if you can't verify it, it doesn't ship.

Review at volume. Read agent diffs critically for correctness, security, performance, and fit. You own the merge, the deploy, and the consequences.

Improve the system. Maintain the shared context agents rely on (project memory, skills, hooks, integrations, CI) so everyone's agents get better. Treat specs and agent config as version-controlled engineering.

Security and compliance. Apply security best practices to agent-generated code: authn/authz, encryption, common-vulnerability defense, and fintech controls (PCI, SOC 2).

Set the standard. Establish conventions and coach the team on specification, verification, and reviewing code they didn't write by hand.

Required Qualifications

Strong engineering fundamentals. 5+ years building production software in a modern language, with the judgment to tell solid design from fragile design. That judgment is what makes directing and reviewing agents effective.

Hands-on agentic experience. You've shipped real work with tools like Claude Code or Cursor agent mode, well beyond autocomplete.

Specification and decomposition. You break down hard problems and write them down precisely.

Verification mindset. Fluent in testing strategy and making correctness machine-checkable, with sharp debugging and root-cause skills.

High-rigor review. You review fast and well, including code you didn't author, without dropping the bar.

At home with non-determinism. You evaluate output quality instead of assuming it.

Communication and teamwork. Strong writer, collaborates well with product, design, and data science.

Preferred Qualifications

Computer science foundations. A real understanding of CS fundamentals (data structures, algorithms, complexity). No specific degree required.

Fintech or payments. Payment processing, banking software, ledgers, ACH, or software compliance.

Agent tooling or evals. You've built internal tooling, eval harnesses, prompts, skills, or CI that made a team better with AI.

Our stack. Less important than your judgment, as long as you're comfortable reviewing it as agent output: .NET (C#), TypeScript, and PostgreSQL, with solid architecture instincts (CQRS, Clean Architecture, DDD, SOLID).

Cloud. AWS, GCP, or Azure, architected for scale and reliability.

Leadership. You've led projects or helped a team adopt a new way of working.

Flexible Work Environment – We offer hybrid and remote options so you can work where you’re most productive, whether that’s at home, in-office, or a mix of both.

Equity Ownership – As an early team member, you’ll receive equity in the form of options or RSUs; your contributions grow the company, and you share in the upside.

Unlimited PTO – Take the time you need to rest, recharge, or handle life outside of work. We trust our team to balance time off with results.

Health & Wellness Coverage – Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans help keep you and your family healthy, with 100% employee premium coverage on select plans.

Paid Parental Leave – We support growing families with fully paid time off for new parents, including adoption and foster care.

Professional Development – We invest in your growth with paid courses, certifications, and conference opportunities tailored to your role and interests.

Home Office & Equipment Stipend – Receive a stipend to set up your home workspace and get the tools you need to work comfortably and effectively.

Team Retreats – We host regular offsites to align on strategy, collaborate face-to-face, and have fun as a team.

Autonomy & Ownership – We give you space to lead initiatives, own outcomes, and shape the direction of your work without micromanagement.

Mission-Driven Work – Help build infrastructure that moves money more efficiently, securely, and transparently for modern businesses.

Build at the frontier of how software gets made. You'll direct fleets of AI coding agents to ship secure, scalable payments infrastructure, and own every outcome.

Seasoned engineers who thrive on shipping secure, scalable payments infrastructure. You’ll design APIs, review code, automate tests, and own services end-to-end in a cloud-native stack.

Bridge the gap between prospects’ technical questions and Straddle’s platform. You’ll own demos, prototype integrations, and guide customers through launch while shaping the product with real-world feedback.