Software Engineer - AI SystemsLocation: Hybrid - Irvine, CAJob Type: Full-TimeOverview:We are seeking a skilled Software Engineer with a strong focus on AI systems to join our team. This role centers on designing, building, and maintaining AI-driven services and agentic workflows, with hands-on Anthropic SDK/API experience as a core requirement. The ideal candidate blends prompt engineering skill, comfort building and debugging agentic loops, and solid full-stack fundamentals (Python, TypeScript/React, SQL). This person should think about both software-engineering discipline and AI-system behavior: testing, scaling, and securing AI-backed applications the same way any production system would be.
Key Responsibilities: - Design, build, deploy web applications, AI-driven services and agentic pipelines (tool-use loops, multi-step agents, orchestration)
- Build and maintain integrations with Anthropic API/SDK (Claude models, tool use, prompt caching, streaming)
- Write, iterate, and evaluate prompts for reliability, safety, and cost efficiency
- Develop RESTful APIs (Python) and React/TypeScript front ends around AI features
- Own DevOps for AI services: CI/CD, containerization (Docker), cloud deploy (AWS/Azure), monitoring/observability for agent runs
- Write optimized SQL against relational DBs
- Design automated test frameworks for both deterministic code and non-deterministic AI outputs (eval harnesses, regression suites)
- Collaborate cross-functional with teams and translate business needs into AI-backed technical solutions
- Maintain technical docs (architecture, prompt design decisions, agent behavior/limits)
Skills & Qualifications - Bachelor's degree in computer science, related field, or equivalent experience.
- 2+ years of professional software engineering experience
- 2+ years of experience working with Python and Flask or Django
- Must-have: Hands on experience with Anthropic SDK/API and Claude Console
- Proficiency with Git
- Strong experience with RESTful API development
- Hands-on experience with SQL and relational databases (e.g., MySQL, MSSQL, Postgres)
- Comfortable building and debugging agentic loops (tool-call cycles, multi-turn agents, error recovery, self-verification patterns)
- Judgment to scope an AI solution appropriately - knows when multi-agent orchestration is overkill versus warranted
- Some DevOps exposure: Docker, CI/CD, cloud platforms like AWS or Azure
- Proficiency with Git
- Familiarity with testing libraries (pytest, jest); LLM eval framework experience a plus
- Strong debugging skills for complex, partially non-deterministic systems
- Excellent communication skills: ability to explain AI behavior, limits, and tradeoffs to non-technical stakeholders
- Stays current with the broader AI landscape - local/open-source models, emerging tooling, and alternatives to hosted APIs - and can speak to tradeoffs (cost, latency, privacy, quality) between running a model locally versus calling a hosted API
The annual salary for this position is $135,000-$150,000. This position offers eligibility for incentive compensation.
We offer an extensive compensation package. Benefits include:
- Vacation - Vacation hours accrue on a per pay period basis. Balance maximums are based on years of service.
- Paid Sick Time - 40 hours of paid sick time after 90 days of employment. State sick time requirements will be added as needed.
- 9 Paid Holidays + 1 Cultural Celebration Day (Floating Holiday)
- Multiple PPO Medical Plans, as well as HDHP eligible plan.
- Dental Coverage
- Vision Coverage
- Company Paid Life Insurance
- 401K with a generous employer match
- Additional Benefits including - Optional Life, FSA, Pet Insurance etc.
- Free Legal Services
- Employee Loan Program
