Senior AI Engineer - Agentic Systems - Onsite

Dallas full time

Remote

senior

H1B: no

Conifersaicareers Senior AI Engineer responsible for designing and building AI agents and distributed backend systems in production. This role involves leading development of AI-first platform features combining LLMs, reasoning flows, and orchestration layers.

Responsibilities

Design, build, and ship major end-to-end features
Lead development of AI agents operating in production environments
Architect and scale Python-based distributed backend systems
Make key technical decisions that shape the evolution of an AI-first platform
Build systems that combine LLMs, reasoning flows, orchestration, and classic backend engineering
Work closely with Product, Design, Security Researchers, and GTM teams
Bring clarity, ownership, and strong engineering standards to the team
What You’ll Bring :
6+ years of software engineering experience
Strong software engineering background, with the ability to build production-grade systems beyond research, experimentation, or prompt engineering
Hands-on experience building and operating production-grade AI/LLM systems, ideally including agentic workflows, tool-calling, orchestration, evaluations, or multi-step reasoning systems
Strong backend expertise, including Python, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture

Qualification

Strong software engineering backgroundStrong backend expertiseFull professional fluency in EnglishExperience in the cybersecurity domainOur Commitment

Required

6+ years of software engineering experience
Strong software engineering background, with the ability to build production-grade systems beyond research, experimentation, or prompt engineering
Hands-on experience building and operating production-grade AI/LLM systems, ideally including agentic workflows, tool-calling, orchestration, evaluations, or multi-step reasoning systems
Strong backend expertise, including Python, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture
Experience designing systems that balance AI components with reliable backend infrastructure
Ability to take ambiguous problems and turn them into structured, scalable solutions
Strong ownership mindset and bias for action
Full professional fluency in English

Preferred

Experience in the cybersecurity domain
Experience building security or AI-driven products
Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment
Our Commitment :
We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.