Senior Software Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (AI): Designing and building systems for intelligent agents at scale with an accent on reliability, correctness, and speed. Focus on owning complex distributed systems challenges and improving agent performance.

Location: San Francisco

Compensation: $250K – $375K

Company

Decagon is a leading conversational AI platform empowering brands to deliver concierge customer experiences.

What you will do

• Build the execution engine that powers intelligent agents at scale
• Design systems that coordinate model reasoning and actions while staying fast and correct
• Improve reliability through better testing, observability, and safeguards
• Build foundations that help teams evaluate and improve agent behavior safely and continuously

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience building production systems
• Proficiency in Python or Typescript and comfort with asynchronous programming
• Strong debugging skills across complex technical stacks
• Ability to design reliable distributed systems that handle real world failure modes
• A track record of owning large technical projects end to end

Nice to have

• Experience with real time or low latency systems
• Experience with workflow engines, agents, or model driven applications
• Experience building tooling or infrastructure for other engineers
• Experience with experimentation or evaluation systems

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision benefits
• Take what you need vacation policy
• Daily lunches, dinners and snacks in the office