Specialty Software Engineer 4 - Contingent

ManpowerGroup; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Dental plan

Vision plan

HSA

Health FSA

Dependent Care FSA

Supplemental Life Insurance

Short Term Disability

Long Term Disability

Business Travel Insurance

401(k) Match

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Consumer Technology Marketing Technology in San Francisco, CA seeks a Senior Specialty Software Engineer 4 - Contingent to lead backend development for an Agentic AI initiative. You will build and scale AI agents, design robust APIs, and work with distributed systems in a greenfield environment.

The role emphasizes strong Python backend skills, microservices experience, and familiarity with vector databases and LLM orchestration.

Qualifications

• 5+ years Python backend development
• 5+ years Microservices experience
• 5+ years API design and integration
• 5+ years MongoDB experience and vector DB familiarity
• 2+ years Agentic AI experience preferred

Responsibilities

• Build, enhance, and support AI agents orchestrating marketing campaigns.
• Develop backend services and microservices powering agent workflows, APIs and distributed systems.
• Collaborate daily with engineers and architects to unblock and ship improvements.
• Implement retrieval/orchestration using LLMs, RAG patterns, tool calling, routing/fallbacks.
• Support production readiness for initial agents and roadmap scaling to 20+ agents.

Skills

Python

Microservices

APIs

MongoDB

Agentic AI

Job description

Our client, Consumer Technology Marketing Technology is seeking a Specialty Software Engineer 4 - Contingent to join their team. As a Specialty Software Engineer 4 - Contingent, you will be part of the Consumer Technology Marketing Technology organization supporting an Agentic AI initiative focused on building and deploying greenfield AI agents. The ideal candidate will have strong backend Python development skills, experience designing and consuming APIs, and hands-on familiarity with Agentic AI concepts which will align successfully in the organization.

Job Title: Specialty Software Engineer 4 - Contingent

Location: San Francisco, CA

Pay Range: $80-$85/hr

What's the Job?

• Build, enhance, and support AI agents that orchestrate and automate marketing campaign activities as part of a highly visible, strategic program.

• Develop backend services and microservices that power agent workflows, including API development, integration, and distributed systems design.

• Collaborate daily with developers and architects through standups and close technical interaction, focusing on solving blockers and shipping improvements.

• Implement and optimize retrieval and orchestration capabilities using LLMs, including RAG patterns, tool calling, routing/fallback strategies, and evaluation practices.

• Support production readiness for the first production agents scheduled to go live on August 24th, with a roadmap expected to scale to 20+ AI agents.

What's Needed?

• Python development experience (5+ years) with strong backend engineering fundamentals.

• Microservices experience (5+ years), including building and supporting microservices-based applications.

• API development and integration experience (5+ years), including designing and consuming APIs.

• MongoDB experience (5+ years) and familiarity with vector databases for semantic retrieval.

• Agentic AI experience (2+ years preferred), including LLM/agent orchestration concepts and multi-agent workflow design.

What's in it for me?

• Work on cutting-edge Agentic AI technology with meaningful technical ownership in a greenfield environment.

• Join a team that has already built 6 AI agents since launching in March and is now scaling to production.

• Contribute to a long-term roadmap expected to expand to 20+ AI agents, with clear momentum and visibility.

• Collaborative, supportive, and highly engaged engineering culture with frequent technical alignment.

• Opportunity for extension and conversion as the program grows.

Upon completion of waiting period consultants are eligible for:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans

• Dental Plan

• Vision Plan

• Health Savings Account

• Health Flexible Spending Account

• Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account

• Supplemental Life Insurance

• Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance

• Business Travel Insurance

• 401(k), Plus Match

• Weekly Pay

About ManpowerGroup, Parent Company of: Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells.

ManpowerGroup® (NYSE: MAN), the leading global workforce solutions company, helps organizations transform in a fast-changing world of work by sourcing, assessing, developing, and managing the talent that enables them to win. We develop innovative solutions for hundreds of thousands of organizations every year, providing them with skilled talent while finding meaningful, sustainable employment for millions of people across a wide range of industries and skills. Our expert family of brands –Manpower, Experis, Talent Solutions, and Jefferson Wells – creates substantial value for candidates and clients across more than 75 countries and territories and has done so for over 70 years. We are recognized consistently for our diversity - as a best place to work for Women, Inclusion, Equality and Disability and in 2023 ManpowerGroup was named one of the World's Most Ethical Companies for the 14th year - all confirming our position as the brand of choice for in-demand talent.

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