Lead Software Engineer - AI Agents

Role Overview

As a Lead Engineer – AI Agents, you will play a critical role in building the scalable backend systems that power Level AI’s next-generation AI Agents. These systems operate in real-time, high-volume enterprise environments and are central to delivering intelligent, production-grade AI experiences.

What You Will Do

Design and build scalable backend systems powering AI Agents, develop agent orchestration frameworks, build systems for agent memory and context management, architect low-latency inference pipelines, implement evaluation frameworks, and enable continuous improvement loops for AI agents in production.

Why It Might Be a Fit

You will work at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered applications, bringing agentic AI capabilities into production at scale. You will partner closely with Applied AI / ML teams to productionize models and agent behaviors, and collaborate with Product and Solutions teams to translate real customer workflows into agentic systems.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, or platform engineering
• Strong experience building high-scale, production-grade backend systems
• Experience designing systems for real-time processing, streaming, or event-driven architectures
• Strong understanding of API design (REST, gRPC) and microservices architectures
• Experience with databases (SQL + NoSQL) and data modeling for high-scale systems
• Hands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)
• Strong fundamentals in system design, concurrency, and performance optimization

Benefits

• Competitive compensation with performance-based upside
• Flexible vacation policy
• Health insurance coverage
• Work with a globally distributed, high-impact team
• Opportunity to build cutting-edge AI products at scale
• Regular team offsites and in-person collaboration