Focused Energy (focused-energy.co)

Software Engineer, AI Engineering Workflows

Austin, TX

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 27 days ago

PythonC++Code ReviewCI/CDLLMsTest AutomationResearchCollaboration

About the role

Focused Energy is looking for a Software Engineer II to join our team and help scale software engineering productivity across the company.
As we grow rapidly across multiple geographies, the adoption of AI-assisted development tools needs a coordinated, reliable approach - without it, we risk inconsistent practices, duplicated effort, and code quality issues across projects.
Over the next 6-18 months, you'll help define how Focused Energy adopts AI-assisted and agentic coding tools responsibly, raising the bar on code quality, testing, and reliability as the engineering org scales.

Design, build, and maintain AI-assisted developer productivity tools, code quality automation, and modern CI/CD infrastructure.
Translate software development requirements into clear software designs, internal developer APIs, and repository templates.
Lead technical design discussions and establish safe, practical standards for using AI-generated code and agentic tools across the department.
Proactively address code quality, testing, and reliability gaps by building robust automated testing frameworks and code-review gating systems.
Collaborate with other software teams to systematically debug complex issues across system boundaries and ensure safe release processes.
An independent software engineer who can own a distinct system, feature, or service from design to production.
Communicate complex technical concepts in simple, clear language to both technical and non-technical partners.
This is an opportunity to join an early, growing company at the forefront of new technology, where you'll have the opportunity to develop and grow your career.
Ownership: Take ownership from day 1 and drive impact by making decisions, solving challenges and shaping the future of our company.
Events: We organize regular events to foster team bonding, encourage collaboration, and build a strong, supportive company culture.

Hands-on experience using AI-assisted development tools and writing software automation or integrations.
Experience in software quality practices, automated testing, code review, and modern CI/CD pipelines.
Proficiency in modern programming languages (such as Python, C++) and web service development.

experience with agentic coding frameworks, prompt engineering, or LLM-based development APIs.
experience in high-complexity engineering environments where software closely interacts with hardware or scientific instruments.
Preferred: experience with agentic coding frameworks, prompt engineering, or LLM-based development APIs.
Preferred: experience in high-complexity engineering environments where software closely interacts with hardware or scientific instruments.

Your Success is our Success: We offer a competitive salary and company ownership in the form of stock options, giving you a direct stake in our success and ownership in what we build together.

Your Success is our Success: We offer a competitive salary and company ownership in the form of stock options, giving you a direct stake in our success and ownership in what we build together.
Medical, Dental, Vision: Multiple great plans to pick from that are active come the 1st Day of employment for you and any enrolled dependents.
Vacation Days: We support your work-life-balance by granting you Unlimited PTO.
Retirement Plan: If you decide to enroll in our 401k plan, we will match up to 4% on top of the employee contribution.
Certain roles may be eligible for incentive compensation, equity, benefits.

Be part of a cutting-edge company working on groundbreaking research in clean energy and scientific discovery.
Work with great people in a dynamic, international environment with top-tier scientists, engineers and professionals passionate about solving global challenges.
Innovative Technology & Mission: Be part of a cutting-edge company working on groundbreaking research in clean energy and scientific discovery.
Equipment: We offer state-of-the-art Windows or Apple Laptops.

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