Staff Software Engineer, Ads Agent Infra

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 208,000 - 365,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equitable workplace culture

Flexible hybrid options

Professional growth opportunities

Equity options

Collaborative cross-functional teams

Job summary

Ladders is seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Ads Agent Infra, to shape durable execution platforms for stateful AI agent workflows. Remote role with a focus on standardized servers and SDKs, observability, governance, and cross-team alignment across the engineering org.

The role emphasizes driving design decisions, enabling reliable systems, and using AI to prototype and accelerate development while ensuring high-quality outputs and scalable testing pipelines.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, with distributed systems and microservices.
• Hands-on experience with LLM agent frameworks (LangGraph, Claude Agent SDK).
• Ability to set technical direction and align cross-functional teams.
• Experience with multi-tenant security and LLM observability frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain durable execution platforms for stateful AI agent workflows.
• Design standardized Model Context Protocol servers and SDKs for engineering adoption.
• Establish observability and governance for multi-agent systems.
• Drive technical strategy and create foundational design documentation.
• Leverage AI for design prototyping and code iteration with quality.
• Automate testing and evaluation pipelines for agent skills and memory services.

Skills

Distributed systems

LLM agent frameworks

Technical leadership

LLM observability

AI optimization

AI evaluation

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science

Tools

LangGraph

Claude Agent SDK

Job description

For our client, we are seeking a Staff Software Engineer, Ads Agent Infra to join the team of a leader in the Consumer Technology space.

This role will shape the technical foundation for stateful AI agent workflows and the services that support them across the engineering organization. You will help define durable execution patterns, establish governance and observability, and drive design decisions that improve reliability, adoption, and developer productivity. The position also partners closely with cross-functional engineering teams to standardize tools, documentation, testing, and evaluation for multi-agent systems.

Location: Remote

Compensation: $208,454 – $364,795 annually

Responsibilities

• Architect and maintain durable execution platforms for stateful AI agent workflows.
• Design standardized Model Context Protocol servers and SDKs for engineering adoption.
• Establish observability and governance for multi-agent systems.
• Drive technical strategy and create foundational design documentation.
• Leverage AI for design prototyping and code iteration while ensuring quality.
• Automate testing and evaluation pipelines for agent skills and memory services.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience, particularly in distributed systems and microservices.
• Hands‑on experience with LLM agent frameworks such as LangGraph or Claude Agent SDK.
• Proven ability to set technical direction and align cross‑functional teams.
• Experience with multi‑tenant security and LLM observability frameworks.
• Demonstrated use of AI to enhance workflow efficiency and output quality.
• Strong skills in critical evaluation and verification of AI‑assisted work.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field.

Benefits

• Equitable and inclusive workplace culture.
• Flexible working model with hybrid options.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development.
• Access to equity options as part of compensation.
• Collaborative environment with cross‑functional teams.

Our client is an equal opportunity employer.