Senior Software Engineer - AI Agents

About the Role A fast-moving AI startup in the logistics space is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (AI Agents) to build the core systems behind an intelligent automation platform used in highly complex, operations-heavy industries. You’ll design and ship production-grade LLM systems, contribute across the stack, and play a key role in evolving both the product and technical architecture. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role where you’ll collaborate closely with the founding team, contribute to major architectural decisions, and build technology that solves real-world operational problems at scale. What You’ll Do • Build and scale the core automation and AI agent systems that power the platform • Work across the stack: backend APIs, data pipelines, orchestration layers, and frontend workflows • Design and deploy agent-based LLM components for reasoning, extraction, and decision-making • Collaborate directly with users to understand workflows and ship high-impact solutions • Contribute to architecture discussions and help drive key technical decisions • Write clean, reliable, maintainable code with strong engineering fundamentals • Support roadmap execution and help elevate engineering standards as the team grows Who You Are • A senior-level engineer with experience in high-growth or startup environments • Comfortable owning projects end-to-end with minimal oversight • Strong in 0→1 product development and able to operate in ambiguous problem spaces • Genuinely interested in applied AI and complex operational workflows • Pragmatic, execution-focused, and thoughtful about long-term system design What We’re Looking For • 5+ years of professional software engineering experience • Strong full-stack capabilities (React, TypeScript, Go, Node.js, or Python) • Experience designing and shipping production backend systems and APIs • Hands-on experience building or integrating LLM-powered or agent-based systems • Ability to design scalable services and data pipelines • Strong technical judgment and ability to make sound tradeoffs • Clear communicator who can collaborate cross-functionally and with customers Bonus Points • Experience with retrieval pipelines, orchestration frameworks, or structured data extraction • Background in logistics, operations, or other data-intensive domains • Prior experience at an early-stage startup Why You’ll Love This Role • Meaningful equity and ownership at a high-growth startup • Opportunity to help shape the core architecture of a category-defining AI platform • Direct collaboration with founders on product and technical strategy • High-trust environment with real autonomy • The chance to modernize a critical global industry with automation and intelligent systems