System1
Lead AI Product Engineer - AI Agents & Emerging Products
Los Angeles, CA · Full-time
Sponsorship not specified$162k-$243kDetected 189 days ago
PythonNode.jsDistributed SystemsVector DatabasesAWSGCPCloud PlatformsDockerCI/CDLLMsRAGAgentic AIAI OrchestrationExcelCommunication
About the role
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Responsibilities
- Build and operate multi-agent systems that plan, coordinate, and execute tasks across multiple tools and services, to solve real user problems at scale.
- Implement agentic coding workflows, where agents generate code, run tests, create diffs or PRs, and iterate autonomously within guardrails.
- Design agent orchestration layers (planners, supervisors, evaluators) to manage task decomposition, retries, and long-running execution.
- Collaborate with Product & Design to translate user problems into shippable agent workflows, iterating quickly based on real-world feedback.
- Strong experience building LLM-powered systems in production, including prompt engineering, structured outputs, tool/function calling, and agentic coding workflows where agents write, modify, and validate code within guardrails.
- Solid backend engineering skills with Python and/or Node.js, designing APIs, async services, and background workers that support long-running, stateful agent workflows.
- Exposure to emerging agent protocols (e.g., x402 payment flows, MCP), with the ability to implement evolving specs pragmatically.
Requirements
- You are growth-minded, working backward from LTV/CAC and prioritizing engineering work that moves activation, retention, conversion, and cost per successful outcome.
- Comfort with distributed systems primitives (queues, pub/sub, durable state, rate limiting, concurrency controls) required to coordinate agents at scale.
- Experience with RAG architectures, vector databases, and persistent memory strategies.
Compensation
- The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $161,800 - $242,700 + bonus + equity + benefits.
Benefits
- The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $161,800 - $242,700 + bonus + equity + benefits.
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Equal opportunity
- System1 provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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