Software Engineer, AI Agents San Francisco Office

Hightouch; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 180,000 - 400,000; Full time

Job summary

Hightouch is seeking a product-minded AI engineer to prototype and architect production LLM pipelines, leveraging strong backend architecture and product intuition. The role emphasizes customer impact, rapid experimentation, and building AI-enabled analytics experiences.

The position is senior, remote-first, with a compensation package including equity and a salary range of $180,000 - $400,000 USD per year, reflecting location independence.

Qualifications

• Product-minded AI engineer with customer and product thinking.
• Strong technical skills in backend architecture and LLM applications.
• Ability to rapidly prototype and architect production LLM pipelines.

Responsibilities

• Iterate quickly on proofs of concept to explore AI in data/marketing workflows.
• Decide on AI architecture and frameworks for production use.
• Build production data agents that answer analytics questions from company data.
• Develop deep understanding of user workflows to create AI-assisted experiences.

Skills

Product thinking

Backend architecture

LLM pipelines

Creativity with LLMs

Job description

About the Role

We’re looking to add aproduct-minded AI engineerto the team. The ideal candidate will have strong customer and product thinking, and the ability to be highly creative with LLM applications. We are looking for someone who can both rapidly prototype and architect production LLM pipelines.

Example workstreams include:

• Quickly iterating and developing proofs of concept (POCs) to explore the maximum potential of integrating AI into data and marketing workflows

• Making key decisions about the choice of AI architecture and frameworks

• Building production data agents that can make use of a company’s data to seamlessly answer analytics and data science questions about their users and marketing efforts

• Developing a deep understanding of user workflows to create seamless AI-assisted user experiences

We're seeking talented, intellectually curious, and motivated individuals interested in exploring the forefront of AI. While no prior experience with LLMs and AI is required, strong technical skills, particularly in backend architecture, and product intuition are essential for understanding and executing these projects from start to finish.

This is a senior role, but we focus on impact and potential for growth more than years of experience. The salary range for this position is $180,000 - $400,000 USD per year, which is location independent in accordance with our remote-first policy. We also offer meaningful equity compensation.

Interview Process

Our interview process focuses on evaluating fit for the most important dimensions of the role: product sense and creativity with LLMs, ability to architect backend systems, and alignment with Hightouch’s values. Notably, we don’t do any programming interviews as we believe they are low signal to noise and aren’t a good evaluation mechanism.

• Recruiter Screen [30m]:Introductory call with our recruiting team to get to know each other and see if the role could be a good mutual fit.

• System Design Screen [60m]:Designing a data processing feature end-to-end.

• Hiring Manager Interview [30m]:Chat with hiring manager about past experiences and future operating preferences to assess fit on company values and operating principles.

• Agent Building Systems Interview [75m]:Work with the interviewer to architect an agentic system at a conceptual level. The problem will be at a pretty high level - and have both product and customer requirements as well as technical.