Are you seeking a dynamic environment where you get to dive deep into a range of projects bootstrapping AI development?
We’re seeking a passionate and curious Software Engineer, AI to join our growing emerging technology team. This role is ideal for someone with foundational experience in AI and a keen interest in agentic frameworks, autonomous systems, and intelligent workflows. You’ll be embedded with development to ideate, architect and develop AI automation for both internal productivity and customer product solutions. Passion and drive for creating proof of concepts and evolving to production quality is essential. You should also be comfortable dealing with ambiguity, and enjoy educating and equipping fellow developers on AI solutions.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop generative AI solutions across a rapidly expanding product portfolio
- Develop and deploy AI agents for internal tools and customer-facing applications
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to integrate AI tech into existing systems
- Identify optimum data processing and structure for accurate AI analysis
- Write clean, maintainable code in C#, Python or other relevant languages
- Translate requirements into clear engineering deliverables, track progress, and communicate status through stand-ups and stakeholder updates
- Conduct testing, debugging, and performance optimization of AI agent workflows
- Stay up-to-date with the latest research and trends in commercial AI systems
Required Skills:
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, or related field (or equivalent experience)
- 5+ years of professional software development with C# and the .NET ecosystem
- Familiarity with a AI agent framework (e.g., LangChain, CrewAI, AutoGPT, MetaGPT)
- Good understanding of LLMs (e.g., GPT, Claude, Mistral) and prompt engineering
- Experience with AI libraries (e.g., Transformers, OpenAI API, Hugging Face)
- Experience with GenAI data pre-processing and embedding
- Experience with REST APIs and at least one cloud platform (Azure, AWS, GCP)
- Experience with MongoDB or similar NoSQL databases
- Proficiency with Git workflows, branching strategies, and code review
- Strong problem-solving skills and eagerness to learn in a fast-paced environment
Nice to Have:
- Knowledge of agent memory, planning, and tool-use strategies
- Familiarity with containerization (Docker) and CI/CD pipelines
- Contributions to open-source AI projects or personal agent-based experiments
Compensation & Benefits:
- 401k Match: Match 200% of contributions up to the first 5% of salary, resulting in a total potential match of 10%.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision Coverage: Patch My PC covers 99% of premiums for both team members and dependents.
- FSA/HSA.
- Fertility benefits.
- Parental leave.
- Paid-time off (PTO).
- Volunteer leave.
- Charitable donation matching.
- Tuition reimbursement.
- Gym membership reimbursement.
- Internet stipend.
- Pet insurance.
Curious about what comes next? Learn more about our hiring process here: http://patchmypc.com/careers#hiring-process
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