Agent Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Agent Engineer (AI): Designing and hardening multi-step, tool-using agent loops for a code intelligence platform with an accent on LLM selection, retrieval, and context engineering. Focus on building reliable enterprise-scale agentic systems, optimizing cost/latency, and developing pragmatic evaluation frameworks.

Location: Remote (Global). Working hours must overlap with EST for at least 20 hours/week. Preference for candidates residing in Europe or North America.

Salary: Target starting salaries vary by zone: $88,000 – $176,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is a code intelligence platform that empowers developers and agents to navigate and operate on massive, complex codebases.

What you will do

• Design and implement reliable, observable, and affordable multi-step agent loops at enterprise scale.
• Develop pragmatic evaluation systems to measure answer quality and prevent regressions.
• Lead model selection, upgrading, and fine-tuning to balance cost, latency, and quality.
• Optimize retrieval, ranking, and context windows to accurately ground models in customer code.
• Act as the technical authority for agent engineering, setting standards and mentoring the team.

Requirements

• Senior-level expertise in agent engineering, blending software engineering, ML, and statistics.
• Proven experience building, training, and operating LLM-powered systems in production.
• Ability to lead autonomously on ambiguous, high-risk technical problems.
• Strong software engineering skills with proficiency in Go, TypeScript, GraphQL, and Postgres.
• Must overlap with EST time zone for at least 20 hours per week.

Nice to have

• Experience shipping LLM-powered or agentic products specifically for developers.
• Expertise in building evaluation systems for ML products.
• Experience with retrieval, ranking, embeddings, or search relevance.
• Track record of mentoring engineers and raising team fluency in AI engineering.

Culture & Benefits

• Globally distributed team with a culture of high agency and direct communication.
• Transparent, competitive compensation bands based on location zones.
• Equity grants to ensure shared success in the company's growth.
• Generous perks and benefits as detailed in the company handbook.

Hiring process

• Introduction: Recruiter screen followed by a Hiring Manager screen and resume deep dive.
• Team Interview: Two technical interviews and one cross-functional collaboration/values session.
• Final Stage: Leadership interview, reference checks, and background check.