AI Software Engineer
Photon
AI Software Engineer
Photon
Builds custom software and AI for big companies
AI Software Engineer
Overview: The AI Software Engineer is responsible for the technical backbone of our autonomous tools. This role bridges software engineering, API integrations, and AI-driven automation to design and deploy intelligent, highly scalable pipelines that connect underlying data layers to execution engines.
Key Responsibilities
● Design, develop, and deploy the next-generation AI Agentic Workflow Framework enabling autonomous and semi-autonomous business operations.
● Build multi-agent orchestration platforms, LLM integration layers, retrieval systems (RAG), and production-grade evaluation pipelines.
● Integrate Generative AI services (e.g., OpenAI APIs, Claude, LangChain) to automate parsing, data mapping, and action triggers.
● Partner closely with design and product teams to translate workflow concepts into reliable, highly available backend architecture.
Skills & Seniority Bar
Seniority & Experience: 7-10+ years of hands-on professional software engineering, with significant experience operating at a Senior, Staff, or Lead level scaling distributed systems.
AI / Automation Expertise : Applied experience with LLM orchestration, custom prompt pipelines, state
management, and asynchronous event processing.
Core Infrastructure : Deep knowledge of cloud ecosystems (GCP/AWS), JVM languages (Java/Kotlin), containerization, and microservices architecture.
Compensation, Benefits and Duration
Minimum Compensation: USD 54,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 189,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.
Photon designs, builds, and runs custom software for large companies, combining an in-house creative agency with its own engineering teams. Its flagship client work includes rebuilding Samsung's US online store as a set of smaller linked services and creating Olive Garden's mobile app, which lets diners join the waitlist from their phones instead of waiting at the door. Clients hire Photon's teams to plan and code their apps, websites, and AI tools and to keep them running afterward, paying for the engineers and designers assigned to each project. Photon is privately held and based in London, with its US arm in Dallas and engineering centers in Chennai and Bengaluru.
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