Senior AI Platform Engineer

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision coverage

401k plan

$125/month commuting or internet expenses

$200/month for fitness and wellbeing

Up to 20 vacation days and 12 paid holidays

Job summary

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle is seeking a Senior Engineer to design foundational architecture for AI research agents. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and a background in developing production services and tools.

You'll engage in the entire software development lifecycle, collaborating across engineering and research teams to deliver high-quality AI systems that help accelerate scientific discovery.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of technical experience; relevant experience may substitute for education.
• Experience building production services and developer-facing tools.
• Experience designing evaluation or benchmarking infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Design frameworks, SDKs, and execution surfaces for agents.
• Build infrastructure for sandboxed agent execution.
• Maintain evaluation and benchmarking frameworks.

Skills

Strong Python engineering skills

Experience designing SDKs

Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP)

Hands-on experience with agentic systems

Strong communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Containerization and deployment automation

Job description

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Seattle is seeking a Senior Engineer to design foundational architecture for AI research agents. The ideal candidate has 8+ years of experience, strong Python skills, and a background in developing production services and tools.

You'll engage in the entire software development lifecycle, collaborating across engineering and research teams to deliver high-quality AI systems that help accelerate scientific discovery.