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Software Engineer, Agentic

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$171,000–$190,000annualizedSan Francisco, CA · New York, NYSan Francisco, CA +1

Build and operate production-grade agentic systems that improve complex operational workflows, working directly with operators and domain experts from discovery through ongoing production operation.

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At a glance

Posted base pay

$171K–$190KBelow the median

The work

Builds for teams inside the company

Balance

  1. Mostly building
  2. Mixed
  3. Mostly pre-sales or support

Project stages

  1. Pre-sales (not covered)
  2. Proof of concept (not covered)
  3. Implementation
  4. Operations
Coding
Writes production code
Builds for
Internal teams
Level
Senior
Role
Individual contributor

What they ask for

Experience

  • 1+ yearsFull-time Software Engineering work experience, including one year of total technical software engineering experience in a programming language; specialized experience may be gained through education, training, coursework, research, or work and is not necessarily additional to other experience requirements.

Background

  • Software engineering

Tools

  • LLMs
  • Python
  • Go
  • C++
  • Java
  • agent evaluation
  • retrieval
  • model routing
  • context management
  • orchestration systems

Less common in FDE jobs

  • Who you build for: Internal teams14%
  • Company stage: Public33%
  • Company size: About 5,000+ people38%
  • Individual contributor or manager: Individual contributor49%

Share of US FDE postings that state each fact.

What you’ll do

  • Embed with operational teams to identify workflows suited to agentic systems, automation, or human decision-making.
  • Design and build production agents, backend services, integrations, data pipelines, and human-in-the-loop workflows.
  • Set reliability and quality targets, instrument systems, and improve production performance through operational data and incidents.
  • Define evaluations and implement safety controls for consequential agent actions.

What you’ll bring

  • Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in a related field, or qualifying software engineering experience including one year of technical software engineering experience.
  • Strong experience building production backend or distributed systems, including AI-enabled workflows, orchestration, or integrations.
  • Experience owning production systems, including monitoring, incident response, failure recovery, and debugging.
  • Experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, Python, or Go.

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Pay and conditions

Posted pay
$171,000–$190,000Annualized in US dollars
Pay details

For New York City, NY-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $171,000 per year - USD $190,000 per year. For San Francisco, CA-based roles: The base salary range for this role is USD $171,000 per year - USD $190,000 per year.

Location
San Francisco, CA · New York, NY
Experience requirements
  • 1+ years: Full-time Software Engineering work experience, including one year of total technical software engineering experience in a programming language; specialized experience may be gained through education, training, coursework, research, or work and is not necessarily additional to other experience requirements. (required)

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