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Staff Software Engineer - Applied AI

Stacklok is an AI-first company led by Kubernetes co-founder Craig McLuckie, developing an open source platform for securely connecting AI systems to real-world environments. They seek a Staff Software Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced AI agent platforms that transform conversational interfaces into autonomous enterprise systems.

Skills

  • Advanced Python development including async programming and AI/ML library optimization
  • Building evaluation frameworks with automated testing and human-in-the-loop assessment
  • Expertise in agent orchestration frameworks like LangChain, AutoGen, Semantic Kernel, or similar
  • Design of multi-agent collaboration systems with message-passing and coordination patterns
  • Experience with vector databases, retrieval-augmented generation pipelines, and performance-cost tradeoffs
  • Distributed systems architecture with microservices, event-driven patterns, and state management
  • Cloud-native deployment skills with Kubernetes and multi-cloud platforms for high availability
  • Designing AI observability and monitoring including LangSmith and Langfuse tools
  • Understanding of enterprise security, authentication, privacy, and compliance
  • Open source software development experience and collaborative distributed workflow
  • Strong communication and collaboration across engineering, product, design, and business

Responsibilities

  • Design and ship AI agents, owning architecture, deployment, and optimization for multi-industry solutions
  • Lead technical discovery with customers to identify automation opportunities and prototype innovative agent workflows
  • Define architecture and enforce scalable, reliable design standards across AI systems
  • Collaborate with AI Research and Product teams to integrate advanced models into production applications
  • Build observability systems to track performance, users, and system dynamics for continuous improvement
  • Mentor and grow engineering talent fostering ownership and innovation
  • Champion AI-first engineering by leveraging AI tools to accelerate software development

Education

  • Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related field preferred

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation including equity
  • Comprehensive healthcare coverage
  • Flexible work environment with adaptable work hours
  • Flexible paid time off (PTO)
  • Collaborative culture with startup mindset
  • Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and equal employment opportunity
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DATE POSTED
June 24, 2025

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