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Liberate

Principal AI Agent Engineer

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2 months ago
Boston, MA, USA or San Francisco, CA, USAStaff+
H1B Sponsor

Responsibilities

  • Act as the technical authority for agent architecture, quality, and deployment.
  • Own the most complex and high-risk customer launches and recoveries.
  • Define standards for agent design, prompts, evaluations, monitoring, and launch readiness.
  • Identify systemic gaps and drive solutions to reduce repeat incidents and toil.
  • Partner closely with Platform, Data Science, and Product teams to shape agent strategy.
  • Design reusable frameworks that convert customer work into durable platform leverage.
  • Lead by example in reviews, incidents, retrospectives, and hard tradeoff decisions.
  • Mentor Staff and Senior engineers to raise the bar across the organization.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of software engineering experience, including senior technical leadership.
  • Proven track record of owning large, ambiguous systems in production.
  • Deep understanding of system design, failure modes, and operational excellence.
  • Strong intuition for AI agent behavior, evaluation, and risk management.
  • Ability to set standards and influence without formal authority.
  • Calm, decisive leadership during incidents and crunch time.
  • High bar for quality, leverage, and long-term system health.

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