Software Engineer, Agents

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure agent-driven services and systems using modern AI frameworks
• ▹Develop robust infrastructure and high-throughput APIs for core agent capabilities: memory, communication channels, skills, decision logic, security, and workflow management
• ▹Integrate agent capabilities with backend services, data stores, vector databases, search/retrieval systems, and external APIs
• ▹Collaborate with product managers, AI researchers, data engineers, and UX teams to turn high-level agent use cases into production-ready software
• ▹Ensure reliability, monitoring, and observability for all agent components (metrics, logging, CI/CD, fault tolerance)
• ▹Contribute to architectural design decisions and participate in rigorous code reviews

Requirements

• ▹3+ years of professional software engineering experience, including 3+ years of strong Python proficiency in production environments
• ▹Proficiency in native agentic coding, demonstrated through daily use of tools like Cursor, Claude Code, and other agentic coding platforms
• ▹Demonstrated experience building distributed systems, microservices, or complex backend APIs supporting AI/agent workflows
• ▹Solid expertise with systems integrating AI models, agent frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, Agent Harness), vector databases, and large-context reasoning services
• ▹Understanding of agent orchestration patterns, state management, and asynchronous workflows
• ▹Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure), containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and operational engineering best practices
• ▹Good grasp of performance optimization, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines

Nice to have

• ▹Past work on AI agents that coordinate multi-step actions, reasoning, or autonomous decision-making loops
• ▹Contributions to open-source agent toolkits or SDKs
• ▹Experience with frontend technologies (React, TypeScript) for agent management tooling

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Generous PTO plus company holidays
• ▹Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families
• ▹Paid parental leave (16 weeks) for all parents
• ▹Fertility and family planning support
• ▹Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri
• ▹Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options
• ▹Health savings account with company contribution
• ▹Annual wellness and learning & development stipends
• ▹Company-wide and team off-sites
• ▹Competitive compensation, stock options, and 401(k)

About the company

WRITER is an enterprise AI platform that helps the world's leading companies — including Mars, Marriott, Uber, and Vanguard — orchestrate AI-powered work. Founded in 2020 with hubs in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Austin, Chicago, and London, the company is valued at $1.9B and backed by investors such as Premji Invest, Radical Ventures, and ICONIQ Growth.