Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform

2 months, 2 weeks ago
Full-time
Lead
Software Development
CaptivateIQ

CaptivateIQ

CaptivateIQ is the agile commission solution that simplifies sales expenses and drives business growth with automated data management and real-time earnings visibility.

Internet Software & Services
251-1K
Founded 2017
$165M raised

Description

  • Set the multi-year technical strategy for AI platform development in partnership with senior engineering, product, and design leadership.
  • Architect foundational AI systems for multiple product teams, including LLM orchestration frameworks, MCP infrastructure, and agent patterns.
  • Own high-impact technical decisions where the right answer is ambiguous or contested.
  • Define engineering-wide quality standards and best practices for AI development.
  • Drive technical alignment between the Agentic SDK team and the product teams that consume its capabilities.
  • Coach P4 engineers and help them grow toward staff-level scope and strategic thinking.
  • Represent CaptivateIQ’s technical perspective through industry discussions, open-source contributions, or technical publications.
  • Participate in an on-call rotation to provide after-hours support and help maintain system uptime.

Requirements

  • 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated progression into staff-level technical leadership.
  • Deep expertise in LLM orchestration, including agent design patterns, tool integration, and workflow optimization.
  • Significant experience designing MCP integrations and knowledge systems at scale, including tool server architecture, embedding pipelines, and context optimization.
  • Track record of setting technical strategy across multiple teams and multi-year time horizons.
  • Experience partnering with senior leaders such as Directors and VPs to align technical direction with business objectives.
  • Demonstrated ability to make high-stakes technical decisions under extreme ambiguity.
  • Strong mentorship track record, especially developing senior engineers toward staff-level impact.
  • Demonstrated curiosity and continuous learning in the rapidly evolving AI/LLM space.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and experience with Django or similar backend frameworks is a plus.
  • Full-stack capabilities with React and TypeScript are a plus.
  • Experience building and scaling internal AI/ML platforms or developer experience infrastructure is a plus.
  • Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks such as LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent is a plus.
  • Experience with AI evaluation, observability, and production monitoring at enterprise scale is a plus.
  • Published technical writing, conference talks, or significant open-source contributions in AI/ML is a plus.

Benefits

  • Remote full-time role.
  • Employer of Record handles compliance and payroll, and applicable benefits on CaptivateIQ’s behalf.
  • CaptivateIQ participates in E-Verify.
  • AI tools may be used to support parts of the hiring process, but final decisions are made by humans.

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