Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform

Staff Software Engineer - AI Platform Responsibilities Set the multi-year technical strategy for AI platform development, partnering with senior EPD leadership on long-term vision Architect foundational AI systems that serve multiple product teams, including LLM orchestration frameworks, MCP infrastructure, and agent patterns Own technical decisions with organization-wide impact where the right answer is ambiguous or contested Define engineering-wide quality standards and best practices for AI development, establishing patterns that scale across teams Drive technical alignment across the Agentic SDK team and product teams consuming AI capabilities Invest deeply in coaching P4 engineers, helping them develop toward staff-level scope and strategic thinking Represent CaptivateIQ's technical perspective in industry discussions, open-source contributions, or technical publications What you’ll do Architect and lead the technical strategy for AI platform development Define and maintain architectural direction for AI capabilities across product teams Establish quality standards and scalable engineering practices for AI development Mentor and coach engineers toward staff-level impact Collaborate with senior leadership to align technology with business objectives Who you are 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with progression into staff-level technical leadership Deep expertise in LLM orchestration, production experience building agent frameworks, 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 spanning multiple teams and multi-year horizons Experience partnering with senior leadership to align technical direction with business objectives Demonstrated ability to make high-stakes technical decisions under ambiguity Strong mentorship track record developing senior engineers toward staff-level impact Curiosity and continuous learning in the rapidly evolving AI/LLM space Requirements 8+ years of professional software engineering experience with demonstrated progression into staff-level technical leadership Deep expertise in LLM orchestration: production experience building agent frameworks, 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 that spans multiple teams and multi-year time horizons Experience partnering with senior leadership (Directors, VPs) to align technical direction with business objectives Demonstrated ability to make high-stakes technical decisions under extreme ambiguity Strong mentorship track record, particularly in developing senior engineers toward staff-level impact Demonstrated curiosity and continuous learning in the rapidly evolving AI/LLM space Bonus Points Strong proficiency in Python and experience with Django or similar backend frameworks Full-stack capabilities with React and TypeScript Experience building and scaling internal AI/ML platforms or developer experience infrastructure Familiarity with LLM orchestration frameworks (LangChain, LangGraph, or equivalent) Deep expertise in advanced agent architectures: multi-agent coordination, autonomous planning, or complex tool ecosystems Experience with AI evaluation, observability, and production monitoring at enterprise scale Published technical writing, conference talks, or significant open-source contributions in AI/ML Background building AI-powered products that shipped to enterprise customers with measurable business impact Experience at a B2B SaaS company during periods of significant growth or platform expansion Familiarity with sales performance management, incentive compensation, or adjacent enterprise domains Benefits & Perks Notice to Prospective Candidates: Only emails from.com should be trusted. We are aware of active recruitment scams... Team & Company Context Reference to Agentic SDK team, an internal developer platform enabling product teams to build AI-powered features Greenfield opportunity to define how AI gets built at CaptivateIQ