Principal Software Engineer - Python / Simulation

Strativ Group; United States; On-site; USD 140,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Strativ Group in the United States is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build distributed backend systems powering autonomous coding agents. The role emphasizes hands-on, deeply technical work with Python, focusing on orchestration and execution infrastructure for large-scale code transformation.

You'll shape reliability, scalability, and security in production environments, collaborating with a team of researchers and engineers from top labs.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of backend engineering experience with strong Python skills.
• Experience with compilers, static analysis, or language tooling is a plus.
• Exposure to formal methods or verification is a plus.
• Proven technical leadership and ability to mentor others.

Responsibilities

• Architect distributed backend systems for autonomous coding agents.
• Build high-performance Python services and orchestration/execution infrastructure.
• Ensure reliability, scalability, and security in production environments.

Skills

Python

Backend Engineering

Leadership

Compilers/Language tooling

Formal methods/verification

Job description

A Frontier AI startup backed by $170m in funding is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to build the distributed backend systems powering autonomous coding agents. The team includes alumni from OpenAI, Google Research, Microsoft AI, and NASA, combining deep foundation model work with serious mathematical research.

This is a hands-on, deeply technical position focused on architecting distributed systems for autonomous agents and building high-performance backend services in Python. You will be designing orchestration and execution infrastructure for large-scale code transformation and will ensure reliability, scalability, and security in production environments

Experience Required:

• 7+ years in Backend Engineering with deep Python expertise
• Background in compilers, static analysis, or language tooling (desirable)
• Exposure to formal methods or verification (a plus)
• Proven technical leadership

This is an opportunity to define the backbone of next-generation AI coding agents inside a well-funded, research-driven company operating at the cutting edge of AI and systems engineering.