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Software Engineer - Agent Harness

Intel · Santa Clara, CA · 6 days ago
HybridEngineering$171k–$315k/yrFull-time

About the role

The model is only half an agent; the harness is the other half. You build everything around the model that makes it act — context management, tool and function calling, file and terminal execution, scheduling, memory, and the agent loop itself. This is core product engineering on an agent framework comparable to well-known AI models, but built to run hybrid (local + cloud) and with efficiency.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build the agent loop: planning, tool invocation, observation handling, retries, termination
  • Implement tool integrations — file I/O, terminal / shell execution, web, MCP servers, message apps
  • Build context management: what goes in the window, when to summarize, how to use long / cross-session memory
  • Implement scheduling and automatic / background task execution
  • Keep the harness model-agnostic so local and cloud models are swappable behind one abstraction
  • Design agent security mechanisms through different approaches
  • Make the loop observable, debuggable: tracing, replay, and reproducible agent sessions

Requirements

You must possess the minimum qualifications to be initially considered for this position. Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.

  • BS/MS in CS, EE, Math or related STEM field
  • 5+ years software development background
  • Strong in at least one of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, C++
  • Comfortable with async, concurrency, and process / subprocess management
  • Experienced at reading unfamiliar codebases and someone else’s runtime

Qualifications

  • Minimum qualifications are required to be initially considered for this position.
  • Preferred qualifications are in addition to the minimum requirements and are considered a plus factor in identifying top candidates.
  • BS/MS in CS, EE, Math or related STEM field
  • 5+ years software development background
  • Strong in at least one of Python, TypeScript, Go, Rust, C++
  • Comfortable with async, concurrency, and process / subprocess management
  • Experienced at reading unfamiliar codebases and someone else’s runtime

Skills

  • Experience with agent frameworks, tool / function calling, or MCP
  • Built developer tooling, CLIs, or IDE-adjacent products
  • Familiarity with sandboxing, containerization, and safe code execution
  • Contributions to open-source agent / LLM tooling
  • Experience with agent security

Benefits

At Intel, our total rewards package goes above and beyond just a paycheck. Whether you're looking to build your career, improve your health, or protect your wealth, we offer generous benefits to help you achieve your goals. Go to Intel Benefits | Intel Careers for details of benefits available to you.

Pay

Annual Salary Range for jobs which could be performed in the US: $170,500.00 - 315,490.00 USD

Schedule

Shift 1 (United States of America)

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