Staff Software Engineer, Backend - Platform (Core AI Automation)

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 218,000 - 257,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Bonus eligibility

Medical, Dental, Vision

Job summary

the company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to join the Core Automation team within the Platform group. You will architect and build Agentic AI systems that transform how the company operates, designing intelligent agents, orchestration, and measurement frameworks at scale.

Responsibilities include leading engineering directions for distributed AI automation, building reusable primitives, and mentoring teams on production-ready, grounded AI systems for LLM-based applications.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering experience.
• Experience shipping production AI/ML applications.
• Experience with large language models and AI systems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems powering compliance automation and Operations.
• Design foundational APIs and measurement frameworks for grounded AI agents.
• Lead technicalDirection for distributed systems underpinning AI automation.
• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions to scale AI-powered automation.
• Mentor engineers on AI system design and production readiness for LLM-based apps.

Skills

Distributed systems

AI/ML applications

LLM-based applications

API design

Job description

Ready to do the most impactful work of your career? Atthe company, we are uncompromising on our mission to increase economic freedom. The bar is high, the environment is intense, and we like it that way. This isn't a place for complacency, it's a place to be pushed past your perceived limits. If you're ready to build the future of finance alongside people who refuse to settle for "good enough," you belong here. the company is a remote-first, but not remote-only company. Expect to get together quarterly for intense in-person working sessions called "surges".learn more about working at the company.

As a Staff Software Engineer on the Core Automation team within the Platform group, you'll architect and build the Agentic AI systems that are transforming how the company operates. This team is reimagining customer support and compliance processes for a fully AI-driven world, designing intelligent agents, orchestration frameworks, and measurement systems that deliver delightful customer experiences at scale. You'll own the technical direction for production AI systems, working across cross-functional teams to bring this vision to reality while building primitives that scale automation across the company.

What you'll do:

• Architect and build Agentic AI systems that power the company's compliance automation and other Operations, from intelligent agents through orchestration and guardrails

• Design foundational APIs and measurement frameworks that ensure AI agents are grounded, relevant, and reliably deliver customer delight with minimal hallucination

• Lead technical direction for distributed systems underpinning AI automation, defining architecture patterns and strategic roadmaps in partnership with engineering leadership

• Build reusable primitives and orchestration solutions that enable AI-powered automation to scale across multiple domains beyond the initial customer support and compliance focus

• Mentor engineers on AI system design techniques, coding standards, and production-readiness practices for LLM-based applications

Required skills and experience:

• 8+ years in software engineering with demonstrated experience architecting distributed systems and shipping production AI/ML applications

• Experience working with LLM-based applications, familiarity with - measuring and improving grounding, reducing hallucinations, and building guardrails for reliability

• Deep expertise designing APIs, orchestration layers, and evaluation frameworks for agentic AI systems at scale

**Pay Transparency Notice:* ***Base salary varies by location (see range below). Total compensation may also include equity and bonus eligibility, and benefits (medical, dental, vision, 401(k)).

Annual base salary range (excluding equity and bonus):

$218,025-$256,500 USD

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