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Staff Software Engineer

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Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Wed, Nov 04, 2026
This job expires in: 29 days

Job Summary

Driving the technical direction for distributed agent architectures, the full-time Staff Software Engineer will architect, build, and maintain execution platforms for stateful AI agent workflows, while working remotely with occasional in-office collaboration in San Francisco or Palo Alto.

Key responsibilities
  • Architect and maintain durable execution platforms for crash-recoverable, stateful AI agent workflows
  • Design standardized Model Context Protocol (MCP) servers and agent runtime interfaces for cross-functional engineering adoption
  • Drive technical strategy and write foundational design documents that align infrastructure, security, and product teams
Required qualifications
  • Minimum of 8 years of software engineering experience with expertise in distributed systems and durable execution engines
  • Hands-on experience with LLM agent frameworks and runtime internals
  • Expertise in setting technical direction for platform abstractions and driving cross-functional alignment
  • Experience in service identity and multi-tenant security frameworks
  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a related field, or equivalent experience

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