Staff Software Engineer, Agent Product

Decagon

• $200K — $400K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of experience in software engineering
  • Proficiency in Python, Typescript, and asynchronous programming
  • Strong problem-solving skills with a focus on system failures in complex tech stacks
  • Comfortable with a variety of debugging tools and techniques
  • Experience with multi-modal models is a plus

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop AI agents that excel in complex customer interactions
  • Analyze cross-customer trends to enhance the agent building platform
  • Conduct experiments and evaluations of the latest text and voice models
  • Integrate AI solutions at scale for large enterprise clients
  • Iterate on AI agents based on user feedback and performance metrics

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families
  • Life and disability insurance for added peace of mind
  • Retirement savings options including 401K or pension
  • Generous parental leave to support new families
  • Fertility benefits provided through specialized services
  • Monthly wellness stipend to promote a healthy work-life balance
  • Daily office lunches and snacks to maintain energy and morale
  • Flexible vacation policy allowing employees to take necessary time off
Full Job Description
About the Team

The Agent Product Engineering team at Decagon deploys mission-critical AI agents to our customers that impact millions of users and directly drive Decagon's growth. You will build on our industry-leading AI agent platform, collaborate directly with customers and use your own creativity to devise long-term, scalable solutions.

Our mission is to deliver magical support experiences - AI agents working alongside human agents to help users resolve their issues.

About the Role

On the Agent Product Engineering team, you'll have complete ownership and autonomy in building and shipping best-in-class AI agents, from initial implementation through continuous iteration. You'll work directly with leaders across industries like finance, healthcare and hospitality, solving their users' needs with reliable and intuitive AI agents.

Engineers here own their work end-to-end and are trusted to make a real impact. This role is for someone who dives deep into complex system challenges and builds elegant solutions that scale to millions of users.

In this role, you will
  • Design and build AI agents that outperform human agents in managing complex customer interactions and driving customer retention
  • Identify cross-customer trends that guide the evolution of Decagon's agent building platform and research efforts
  • Experiment with and run evaluations on the latest text and voice models, then integrate them at scale with large enterprise-grade customers


Your background looks something like this
  • Have 8+ years of industry experience in software engineering
  • Proficiency with Python, Typescript and asynchronous programming
  • A high degree of comfort digging into system failures within deep technology stacks using any tool necessary


Even better
  • Prior experience working with multi-modal models


Compensation

$200K - $400K + Offers Equity

Benefits

We proudly offer the following benefits for our full-time employees:
  • Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits for you and your family
  • Life Insurance and Disability Benefits
  • Retirement Plan (e.g., 401K, pension)
  • Parental Leave
  • Fertility and family building benefits through Carrot
  • Monthly stipend to support your wellness, lifestyle, and work-life balance
  • Daily lunches and snacks in the office to keep you at your best
  • Take what you need vacation policy (subject to local requirements; UK employees receive 25 days of statutory leave)

These benefits are described in more detail in Decagon's policies, may vary by location, and can change at any time according to applicable compensation and benefits plans.

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