Quality Assurance & Test Automation Engineer

Syntic AI, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Syntic AI, Inc. seeks a backend engineer to build and improve the runtime that powers AI agents to plan tasks, use tools, retain memory and recover from failures.

You will design coordinated task execution, memory-driven planning and safe, observable agent behavior for production systems. Strong TS or Python skills and experience with AI-enabled applications are required.

Qualifications

• Backend engineering skills applied to production systems.
• Experience shipping TypeScript or Python services for AI-powered features.
• Understanding of failure modes when model tools are used.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate agent tasks and tool calls.
• Develop runtime planning, memory and recovery capabilities.
• Create evaluations to measure task success and guide improvements.
• Make agent behavior observable, interruptible and safe.
• Analyze failure patterns in tool-using models and address them in the system.

Skills

Backend engineering

TypeScript

Python

LLM-powered apps

Observability

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or related field

Job description

Role overview

Build and improve the backend runtime that enables AI agents to plan tasks, use tools, retain memory and recover from failures. The work focuses on orchestration, measurable performance and making agent actions easier to monitor and control.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement systems for coordinating agent tasks and tool calls.
• Develop runtime capabilities for planning, memory and recovery.
• Create evaluations that measure task success and guide improvements.
• Make agent behavior observable, interruptible and safe.
• Investigate failure patterns in tool-using models and address them in the system.

Requirements

• Experience delivering LLM-powered applications or agents in production.
• Strong backend engineering skills in TypeScript or Python.
• Understanding of common failure modes in models that use tools.