Production-Ready Python AI Engineer for LLM/API Apps

Saigepartners; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 69,000 - 96,000; Full time

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Job summary

Saige Partners is seeking a Software Engineer to build and deploy production applications powered by agentic AI. The role emphasizes Python development, REST API design with FastAPI/Flask/Django, and integrating LLM capabilities into real-world software.

You will work with OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-source models to implement agentic AI workflows. The position requires a solid software engineering foundation, 0–2 years of experience, and hands-on API experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field.
• 0–2 years of software engineering experience, including internships, co‑ops, academic projects, hackathons, or substantial personal/open‑source projects.
• Strong foundation in Python, including clean coding practices, testing, debugging, and common development tooling.
• Hands‑on experience building or consuming REST APIs.
• Understanding of software engineering fundamentals, including Git, version control, code reviews, testing, and collaborative development workflows.
• Familiarity with agentic AI concepts, such as tool/function calling, prompt chaining, or agent loops.
• Hands‑on experience integrating LLM APIs into an application.

Responsibilities

• Develop clean, maintainable Python applications for production environments.
• Design, build, and integrate REST APIs using frameworks like FastAPI, Flask, or Django.
• Integrate LLM and AI capabilities into production software.
• Work with LLM APIs, including OpenAI, Anthropic, or open-source models.
• Develop and integrate agentic AI workflows involving tool/function calling, prompt chaining, and agent loops.
• Implement authentication, pagination, error handling, and other API best practices.
• Write unit tests, participate in code reviews, and follow established development practices.
• Use Git and standard development tooling to collaborate effectively within an engineering team.
• Read, troubleshoot, debug, and contribute to existing codebases.
• Collaborate with engineers and cross-functional teams to design, develop, test, and deploy new features.

Skills

Python

REST APIs

Testing

Debugging

Code reviews

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

FastAPI

Flask

Django

Git

Job description

Saige Partners is seeking a Software Engineer to build and deploy production applications powered by agentic AI. The role emphasizes Python development, REST API design with FastAPI/Flask/Django, and integrating LLM capabilities into real-world software.

You will work with OpenAI, Anthropic, and open-source models to implement agentic AI workflows. The position requires a solid software engineering foundation, 0–2 years of experience, and hands-on API experience.