# Senior / Staff Software Engineer, AI Systems

> Raydar · San Francisco, United States (Hybrid) · Full-time · Posted 2026-09-19

**Salary:** USD 200,000–300,000

**Workplace:** hybrid

## Description

About the company

Our client is a software-enabled professional services company building tools for complex case workflows. Engineers and domain experts work together to turn manual processes into reliable software.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this opportunity through the Paraform network. The position is with our client. Join as a Senior / Staff Software Engineer focused on AI Systems. You will own agents, orchestration, backend infrastructure, and evaluations supporting multi-step document and case workflows.

What you'll do

\- Build agentic workflows with appropriate human review and intervention.

\- Develop long-running task orchestration with dependencies, retries, and recovery.

\- Create evaluations that measure quality and catch regressions.

\- Improve backend services, event pipelines, and scheduled jobs.

\- Make agent execution observable for debugging, performance, and cost control.

\- Connect AI systems to internal tools and customer-facing interfaces.

## Requirements

What we're looking for

\- 4+ years of production software engineering experience.

\- Deep backend expertise and experience building AI or ML-powered applications.

\- Hands-on LLM work beyond a basic chat interface, including tools, context, and evaluation.

\- Strong Python and TypeScript skills.

\- Startup or early growth-stage experience and a bachelor's degree or higher.

\- Ability to work with domain experts and own ambiguous projects through deployment and operation.

Bonus points

\- Production agent operations or evaluation infrastructure experience.

\- Complex document workflow experience.

\- Asynchronous systems, queues, idempotency, and failure recovery experience.

## Benefits

Compensation and benefits

\- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year.

\- Equity: Competitive.

\- Medical, dental, and vision coverage.

\- 401(k) with a 3% company match.

\- Equipment or office stipend.

\- Team offsites.

Location and work model

\- San Francisco or New York, United States.

\- Hybrid, with 3 to 4 days per week in the office.

\- Visa sponsorship is available.

## Apply

[Apply at Raydar](https://apply.workable.com/raydar/j/B4419F193C/apply)

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