OKX
Principal AI Engineer, AI Agent Development
San Jose, California, United States · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$250k-$376kDetected 2 days ago
Machine LearningLLMsAgentic AILangGraphA/B TestingComplianceCustomer SupportRoboticsResearch
About the role
- OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps).
- OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets.
- This is a senior role requiring a hands-on AI science background combined with strategic oversight, technical direction, and cross-functional collaboration.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design, development, and lifecycle management of autonomous AI agents tailored to crypto exchange operations (e.g., customer assistant, trading bots, risk detection agents, fraud prevention agents, etc.).
- Collaborate with product, engineering, business, and operation teams to define agent roles and measurable KPIs.
- Mentor and lead a team of AI scientists and engineers; help define the AI roadmap and research strategy.
- Proven experience building and deploying autonomous AI agents in live environments. Ideal candidates will have:
- Designed multi-agent frameworks or agent ecosystems (e.g., AutoGPT, OpenAgents, LangGraph, LangFuse, Dify, Coze, etc.).
- Developed agents for real-time decision-making, such as trading, gaming, customer support, or operations.
Requirements
- Experience with goal-oriented agents, context engineering, memory management, tool use, and RL-based decision making.
- Startups or research-intensive environments preferred; must be comfortable operating with ambiguity and speed
Nice to have
- Startups or research-intensive environments preferred
- must be comfortable operating with ambiguity and speed
Compensation
- The salary range for this position is $250,444.00 to $375,666.00.
- The salary offered depends on a variety of factors, including job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location.
- In addition to the salary, a performance bonus and long-term incentives may be provided as part of the compensation package, as well as a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits, dependent on the position offered.
Benefits
- Architect multi-agent systems (MAS) and frameworks to support goal-directed, reasoning, planning, and reinforcement-learning-based agents.
- Drive experimentation, simulations, and continuous learning pipelines for agent performance optimization.
- 10+ years of industry experience in a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of advanced degree (PhD/Master's in Computer Science, AI, Machine Learning, Robotics, or related field) and industry experience.
Company info
- At OKX, we believe that the future will be reshaped by crypto, and ultimately contribute to every individual's freedom.
- OKX is a leading crypto exchange, and the developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized crypto applications (dApps). OKX is also a trusted brand by hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves.
- Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done. These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er.
- About the Opportunity
- We are safe and reliable, backed by our Proof of Reserves.
- Across our multiple offices globally, we are united by our core principles: We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done.
- These shared values drive our culture, shape our processes, and foster a friendly, rewarding, and diverse environment for every OK-er.
- We are seeking a Principal Engineer with a deep expertise in autonomous AI agent architecture and deployment, to spearhead the design, development, and optimization of intelligent agent systems on our global crypto exchange platform.
- You will work at the cutting edge of AI and crypto, designing AI agents that can autonomously reason, act, and evolve in complex, real-time environments such as trading, security, compliance, and customer interaction.
This listing is sourced directly from OKX's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.