AI Agents Engineer

Syntic AI, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Syntic AI, Inc. is seeking an experienced backend-focused engineer to build the runtime that powers AI agents.

You will design orchestration systems, tool-calling workflows, and robust planning with memory and recovery features to ensure tasks complete reliably. You will quantify success, improve agent behavior through evaluations, and make operations observable while enabling safe interruption and control.

Qualifications

• Experience building production applications powered by large language models or AI agents.
• Backend engineering skills in TypeScript or Python.
• Understanding of failure modes in models that use tools.

Responsibilities

• Design and build agent orchestration systems and tool-calling workflows.
• Develop runtime capabilities for planning, memory, and recovery from failures.
• Measure agent task success and use evaluations to identify and guide improvements.
• Make agent behavior observable and support safe interruption and control.

Skills

Agent orchestration

Backend engineering

Model tool failure understanding

Tools

TypeScript

Python

Job description

Role overview

Build the runtime that powers AI agents through planning, tool use, memory, and recovery. You'll develop the systems that coordinate agent actions and improve their ability to complete tasks, with attention to reliability, visibility, and safe operation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build agent orchestration systems and tool-calling workflows.
• Develop runtime capabilities for planning, memory, and recovery from failures.
• Measure agent task success and use evaluations to identify and guide improvements.
• Make agent behavior observable and support safe interruption and control.

Requirements

• Experience building production applications powered by large language models or AI agents.
• Strong backend engineering skills in TypeScript or Python.
• Understanding of failure modes in models that use tools.