Senior Software Engineer, AI Platform (Remote)

This is a Fully Remote Job

About Our Client:

The organization operates within the cannabis industry and provides a platform that supports consumers and businesses in accessing cannabis products. It addresses challenges related to transparency, education, and community engagement within this sector and has expanded its reach across the U.S. and internationally since its founding in 2008.

About the Opportunity:

The SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER, AI PLATFORM is responsible for developing and maintaining AI systems that automate engineering and operational tasks. This role focuses on building autonomous coding agents, a shared skills platform for AI agents, and integrating knowledge sources to deliver reliable AI-driven functionality. The position is critical for enhancing the efficiency, safety, and scalability of AI tools used across the organization.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and operate production AI agents including autonomous coding agents.
• Develop the retrieval and context layer integrating semantic search and knowledge graphs.
• Extend internal MCP server capabilities for shared AI agent skills and tools.
• Build evaluation frameworks with offline tests and online metrics to assess agent performance.
• Optimize cost and latency by managing model selection and usage.
• Implement security measures against prompt injection and unauthorized access.
• Instrument agents with logging and tracing; participate in on-call support.
• Evaluate and adopt new AI models and tools.
• Document designs, review code, and mentor engineers on LLM development.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 6 years professional software development with end-to-end production service ownership.
• At least 1 year deploying LLM-powered features or agents in production.
• Experience with retrieval systems including embeddings and semantic search.
• Proficiency in Python, TypeScript, or Ruby; ability to work across multiple languages.
• Experience with cloud platforms (preferably AWS), CI/CD, and observability tools.
• Demonstrated use of quantitative evaluation methods such as A/B testing.

Pay Range and Compensation Package:

• The base pay range for this position is $196,984.00 to $222,000.00 per year, plus a competitive bonus.

Benefits & Perks:

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance with premiums fully paid for employees and up to 80% coverage for dependents.
• Company HSA contribution with a high deductible health plan.
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching up to 3.5% of employee contributions.
• Student loan repayment and 529 education savings contributions.
• Disability insurance and additional voluntary benefits.
• Paid time off, sick leave, company holidays, and paid parental leave.

Equal Opportunity Statement: Our client is an equal opportunity employer. They celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or national origin.

Note:

TalentHop is a recruitment partner of this role. Please note that all employment decisions, including candidate assessment, interviews, hiring, compensation, and employment terms, are made exclusively by the hiring employer.