Job Details:Job Description: Role SummaryThe model is only half an agent; the harness is the other half. You build everything around the model that makes it act — context management, tool and function calling, file and terminal execution, scheduling, memory, and the agent loop itself.
This is core product engineering on an agent framework comparable to well know AI models, but built to run hybrid (local + cloud) and with efficiency.
What you’ll do:Design and build the agent loop: planning, tool invocation, observation handling, retries, termination
Implement tool integrations — file I/O, terminal / shell execution, web, MCP servers, message apps
Build context management: what goes in the window, when to summarize, how to use long / cross-session memory
Implement scheduling and automatic / background task execution
Keep the harness model-agnostic so local and cloud models are swappable behind one abstraction
Design agent security mechanisms through different approaches
Make the loop observable, debuggable: tracing, replay, and reproducible agent sessions
This role builds the harness. Shipping and running it reliably in production is owned by the SRE / Production squad — you partner with them; you don’t carry the pager.What you’ll learn / grow intoCuriosity is required. You will develop:
How frontier agent harnesses are architected — and how to do it efficiently.
hybrid model routing and graceful degradation
The hard parts: context-window economics, tool-call reliability, and multi-agent orchestration
Interest in LLM agents and how they actually work under the hood
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Qualifications:Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
You must possess the minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
Required QualificationsBS/MS in CS, EE, Math or related STEM field
8+ years software development background
Strong command of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, C++
Expertise with async, concurrency, and process / subprocess management
Experience with projects that calls external tools or APIs in a loop and handled the failure modes
Experienced at reading unfamiliar codebases and someone else’s runtime
Preferred QualificationsExperience with agent frameworks, tool / function calling, or MCP
Built developer tooling, CLIs, or IDE-adjacent products
Familiarity with sandboxing, containerization, and safe code execution
Contributions to open-source agent / LLM tooling
Experience with agent security
Requirements listed would be obtained through a combination of industry relevant job experience, internship experiences and or schoolwork/classes/research.
Benefits at Intel
Our total rewards package goes above and beyond just a paycheck. Whether you're looking to build your career, improve your health, or protect your wealth, we offer generous benefits to help you achieve your goals. Go to for details of benefits available to you. Intel reserves the right to modify, change or discontinue benefit plans at any time in its sole discretion.
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Shift:Shift 1 (United States of America)
Primary Location: US, California, Santa Clara
Additional Locations:US, Arizona, Phoenix, US, California, Folsom, US, Oregon, Hillsboro
