Senior Software Engineer, Agent Frameworks

Persons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle. On-site requirements vary based on position and team. If you have questions about on-site work arrangements for this role, please ask your recruiter. Our base salary range is $146,880 - $220,320, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package. Who You Are: The Allen Institute for AI (Ai2) is hiring a Senior Engineer to build the foundational architecture behind AI research agents that explore and reason over scholarly literature. You'll design the systems that define how agents, tools, and services interact, creating SDKs, APIs, and execution frameworks that enable researchers to build, evaluate, and scale intelligent systems. You'll contribute to the agent architecture, build infrastructure for sandboxed execution and benchmarking, and create evaluation frameworks that measure component performance. You're a seasoned engineer who thrives in greenfield environments, excels at building robust developer-facing infrastructure, and is energized by making complex distributed systems feel simple. Who We Are: The Agentic Applications team builds open, production-grade AI systems that power scientific discovery. We focus on developing intelligent agents that help researchers explore literature, synthesize knowledge, and accelerate their work across real-world scient [... source excerpt omitted ...] You’ll Need: Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of technical experience; relevant experience may substitute for education Strong Python engineering skills, with experience building production services and developer-facing tools Experience designing SDKs, APIs, or frameworks that other engineers built on top of and adopted Hands-on experience building or operating agentic systems – agent orchestration, tool integration, sandboxed execution, memory management, or the surfaces agents run in and consume Experience designing evaluation or benchmarking infrastructure that measures system or component performance Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar), containeriza [... source excerpt omitted ...] arly, through weekly Ai2 Academy lectures, a wide variety of world-class AI experts as guest speakers, and our commitment to your personal on-going education, Ai2 is a place where you will have opportunities to continue learning alongside your coworkers. We value diversity - We seek to hire, support, and promote people from all genders, ethnicities, and all levels of experience regardless of age. We particularly encourage applications from women, non-binary individuals, people of color, members of the LGBTQA+ community, and people with disabilities of any kind. We value inclusion - We understand the value that people's individual experiences and perspectives can bring to an org