Lead Software Engineer - Enterprise Agents
InformaticaBase Salary
$173k - $260k/yr
Responsibilities
- Architect, design, implement, test, and deliver production-grade Agent capabilities and software systems.
- Design secure and predictable orchestration patterns integrating AI Agents with human and system workflows.
- Build and maintain shared system context, including design constraints, guardrails, and standards for reliable Agent behavior.
- Drive the technical path to general availability by defining readiness criteria, closing architecture gaps, and reducing timeline risk.
- Develop and maintain services, APIs, data layers, and scalable backend systems.
- Debug and resolve complex infrastructure and application issues, and participate in an on-call rotation.
- Evaluate code and Agent behavior for correctness, security, and performance.
- Mentor engineers on software engineering practices and Agent architecture patterns.
- Present designs, review others’ designs, and collaborate cross-functionally to ship end-to-end features.
Requirements
- A related technical degree or equivalent hands-on experience.
- 8+ years of professional software development experience, including production experience architecting and shipping Agent-based systems.
- Strong foundations in data structures, algorithms, distributed systems, and API/service design.
- Deep object-oriented programming knowledge and proficiency in at least one OOP language, including Java, JavaScript, C++, C#, Ruby, or Python.
- Experience with SQL/NoSQL databases, REST/GraphQL API design, and scalable secure backend services.
- Familiarity with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines, and modern software delivery practices.
- Production experience with Agent orchestration frameworks, tool-calling patterns, and LLM integration.
- Understanding of enterprise Agent reliability, security, and observability requirements, including guardrails, evaluation, monitoring, and failure handling.
- Experience using AI development tools such as Claude Code, GitHub Copilot, Codex, or Cursor.
- Advanced prompt engineering and system-context design skills.
- Ability to work autonomously under tight timelines and strong interpersonal skills.
- Preferred: experience taking an Agent product from build to general availability at enterprise scale.
- Preferred: experience with Agile software development, test-driven development, and large-scale multi-tenant SaaS platforms.
Benefits
- Wellbeing reimbursement, parental leave, adoption assistance, fertility benefits, and other benefits.
- Additional benefits include time off programs, medical, dental, vision, mental health support, life and disability insurance, 401(k), and an employee stock purchasing program.
- Office-Flex work arrangement requiring in-person work at least 10 days per quarter.
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About Informatica
Informatica (NYSE: INFA), a leader in AI-powered enterprise cloud data management, helps businesses unlock the full value of their data and AI. As data grows in complexity and volume, Informatica’s Intelligent Data Management Cloud™ delivers a complete, end-to-end platform with a suite of industry-leading, integrated solutions to connect, manage and unify data across any cloud, hybrid or multi-cloud environment. Powered by CLAIRE® AI, Informatica’s platform integrates natively with all major cloud providers, data warehouses and analytics tools— giving organizations the freedom of choice, avoiding vendor lock-in and delivering better ROI by enabling access to governed data, simplifying operations and scaling with confidence. Trusted by approximately 5,000 customers in nearly 100 countries—including over 80 of the Fortune 100—Informatica is the backbone of platform-agnostic, cloud data-driven transformation. Informatica. Where data and AI come to life.™ Contact: PR@informatica.com