Fullstack Software Engineer, Applied AI

LangChain, Inc

$165K — $190K *
Enterprise Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of software engineering experience, specifically in AI or ML applications.
  • At least 1 year of experience building LLM systems in production.
  • Hands-on experience with evaluation and monitoring systems for agents or workflows.
  • Deep understanding of AI system components: prompting, retrieval, orchestration, inference APIs, and model selection.
  • Strong coding skills in Python or TypeScript, ideally both.
  • Excellent communication skills to explain complex technical concepts to varied audiences.
  • Ability to thrive in a fast-moving and ambiguous startup environment.

Responsibilities

  • Design, implement, and deploy end-to-end AI workflows and agents across multiple business domains.
  • Develop and iterate on agent architectures and performance frameworks to ensure reliability.
  • Translate emerging AI research into practical, production-ready solutions.
  • Communicate technical decisions and insights to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to identify opportunities for automation and business impact.
  • Contribute to the LangChain and LangGraph ecosystem, focusing on open source components.

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • Flexible vacation policy.
  • 401(k) plan assistance.
  • Meals provided on in-office days in the US.
Full Job Description
About The Team

The Applied AI team builds the agents that show the world what's possible with LangChain. We ship open source reference agents like Open SWE, Open Canvas, and our Deep Research agent that developers across the community use as starting points for their own production systems, while also building internal agents that power LangChain's own GTM and engineering workflows. It's a small, fast-moving team that operates at the frontier, iterating rapidly, running rigorous evals on our own work, and feeding hard-won learnings back into the platform. If you want to work on the frontier of agent-building, this may be the team for you.

About The Role

We're hiring fullstack Applied AI Engineers to help us build AI agents that power every part of LangChain from Marketing and GTM to Recruiting, Support, Internal Tools, and our Core Product.

In this role you will own a problem space and work closely with that function to design, build, and deploy production-grade agents, workflows, and applications that transform how we operate. Your work will directly accelerate LangChain's mission to make intelligent, autonomous software a reality both internally and for our customers. Some of these projects will be open source, contributing to the LangChain and LangGraph ecosystem and setting new standards for how companies build with AI.

*This role will be based in our San Francisco or New York office. Employees within commuting distance work from the office are five days per week. Candidates who live outside commuting distance (e.g. >1hr each way), may be eligible for hybrid arrangements depending on location and role requirements.

What You Will Do
  • Design, implement, and deploy end-to-end AI workflows and agents that solve real problems across multiple business domains.
  • Develop and iterate on agent architectures, evaluation pipelines, and performance frameworks to ensure reliability and measurable outcomes.
  • Translate emerging AI research and tooling into practical, production-ready solutions.
  • Communicate technical decisions, trade-offs, and insights clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally embedding with teams like Marketing, GTM, Recruiting, or Product to identify opportunities for agent-driven automation and measurable business impact.
  • Contribute to the LangChain and LangGraph ecosystem, including open source components, documentation, and shared tools.


What You Will Bring
  • Experienced software engineer with a strong track record shipping AI or ML-powered applications (typically 3+ years, including at least 1 year building LLM systems in production).
  • Hands-on experience implementing evaluation and monitoring systems for agents or workflows.
  • Deep understanding of the components that make up an AI system: prompting, retrieval, orchestration, inference APIs, and model selection across modalities.
  • Strong coding skills in Python or TypeScript (ideally both).
  • Excellent communicator who can simplify complex technical ideas for diverse audiences.
  • Thrives in a fast-moving, ambiguous startup environment; enjoys identifying the highest-impact problems and driving them to completion.
  • Naturally curious and motivated to learn new tools, frameworks, and approaches in applied AI.
Nice To Haves
  • Expertise with LangChain or LangGraph.
  • Experience building or maintaining open source projects.
  • Background in applied AI research or agentic workflow development.
  • Based in San Francisco (preferred), NYC, or Boston.


Compensation

We offer competitive compensation that includes base salary, meaningful equity, and benefits such as health and dental coverage, flexible vacation, a 401(k) plan, and life insurance. Actual compensation will vary based on role, level, and location. For team members in the EU and UK, we provide locally competitive benefits aligned with regional norms and regulations. Annual Annual Salary Range: $165,000 - $190,000

Compensation Philosophy:

We offer competitive compensation that includes base salary, variable compensation for relevant roles, meaningful equity, benefits, and perks. Actual compensation and offerings will vary based on role, level, and location. Team members in the EU, UK, and APAC receive locally competitive benefits aligned with regional norms and regulations.

Benefits

Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, flexible vacation, a 401(k) plan, meals on in-office days in the US and more.

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