The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Senior Software Engineer, Agent Frameworks

Seattle, WA · Senior

Work authorization required$126k-$189kDetected 5 days ago

PythonDistributed SystemsAWSGCPCloud PlatformsAgentic AIAI OrchestrationRoboticsResearchCommunicationCollaboration

About the role

Persons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle.
If you have questions about on-site work arrangements for this role, please ask your recruiter.
We have mountains, we have lakes, we have four seasons, we bike to work, we have a vibrant theater scene, and we have so much else.

Responsibilities

We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond.
We value diversity - We seek to hire, support, and promote people from all genders, ethnicities, and all levels of experience regardless of age.
To perform this job successfully, the team member(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.
The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.
This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree and 8+ years of technical experience
Experience designing SDKs, APIs, or frameworks that other engineers built on top of and adopted
Experience designing evaluation or benchmarking infrastructure that measures system or component performance
Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or similar), containerization, and deployment automation
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by a team member to successfully perform the essential functions of this position.
Team members will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Compensation

Team members will be able to receive annual bonuses and can participate in the long-term incentive plan.

Benefits

Team members and their families are covered by medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program.
Team members are able to enroll in our health savings account plan, our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and will also receive $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
Team members will also receive up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.
Our base salary range is $126,000 - $189,000, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package.
While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time.

Company info

The Agentic Applications team builds open, production-grade AI systems that power scientific discovery. We focus on developing intelligent agents that help researchers explore literature, synthesize knowledge, and accelerate their work across real-world scientific use cases. The team combines strong engineering practices with close collaboration across Ai2's product and research orgs to deliver tools used by millions of researchers and developers worldwide.
Your Next Challenge:
The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
Design and build the frameworks, SDKs, and execution surfaces that define how agents, tools, and services interact across our research platform
The Agentic Applications team builds open, production-grade AI systems that power scientific discovery.
We focus on developing intelligent agents that help researchers explore literature, synthesize knowledge, and accelerate their work across real-world scientific use cases.
The team combines strong engineering practices with close collaboration across Ai2's product and research orgs to deliver tools used by millions of researchers and developers worldwide.
Build infrastructure for sandboxed agent execution, enabling researchers to safely run, inspect, and iterate on agent workflows at scale
Design and maintain evaluation and benchmarking frameworks that measure the performance of individual agent components and end-to-end systems
Develop the abstractions and developer-facing tooling that let research scientists build, compose, and deploy agents without owning the underlying infrastructure
Drive continuous improvements in reliability, observability, and cost-efficiency across the systems agents run in and depend on
Engage in the entire software development lifecycle, from ideation and design to implementation and testing to deployment and operational support, with a strong sense of ownership for results
Collaborate across engineering and research teams to ensure maintainability, test coverage, and robust deployment
Communicate effectively across engineering, product, and research teams to align priorities and drive projects to completion

Visa & Work Authorization

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