Senior AI Engineer - Agentic Platform Lead
EVONA · Los Angeles, CA · 3 days ago
Engineering$165k–$250k/yrFull-time
About the role
The Senior AI Engineer – Agentic Platform Lead is a senior, hands-on technical leadership role for an engineer who thrives in ambiguity, moves fast, and uses AI as leverage to eliminate friction in complex engineering workflows.
Responsibilities
- Architect and own the full-stack agentic AI platform, including orchestration, runtimes, and services
- Design distributed systems (orchestrator–worker, swarms, event-driven architectures) for agent coordination
- Build secure execution layers integrating internal tools, simulations, and data sources
- Implement memory, context, and decision-tracking systems for agent reasoning and traceability
- Profile and optimize performance for latency, reliability, and observability
- Lead and mentor a small team of engineers and technical contributors
- Partner with engineering domain experts to translate real workflows into scalable agentic capabilities
- Influence long-term technical strategy for agentic AI across the organization
Requirements
- Master’s + 5 years, or PhD + 3 years in Computer Science, Physics, Mathematics, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years building production-grade backend or distributed systems in mission-critical environments
- Strong experience with Python, Go, or Rust and modern microservice architectures
- Hands-on experience with LLM-based systems and agent frameworks (e.g., LangGraph, AutoGen, or custom runtimes)
- Demonstrated AI-first workflow, using LLMs and agents to materially accelerate development
- Proven technical leadership in fast-moving, ambiguous environments
Qualifications
- Background in Mechanical, Aerospace, Electrical Engineering, Physics, or Applied Mathematics
- Experience integrating AI agents with engineering tools (CAD/CAE, simulation, manufacturing platforms)
- Experience with observability stacks (logging, tracing, metrics)
- Experience building safety-critical or mission-critical platforms
- Open-source contributions or personal projects demonstrating deep system-building expertise