# Software Engineer - AI Enablement

**Company:** [Baseten](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/baseten)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Salary:** $150k – $230k/yr
**Skills:** AI Agents, LLMs, Cursor, Claude, Codex, Python, Kubernetes, Monitoring Tools, Agentic Workflows, Developer Tooling
**Posted:** 2026-02-24

> Builds and operates internal AI agents and LLM-powered workflows to boost engineering productivity across code writing, PR reviews, debugging, and documentation. Evaluates and deploys cutting-edge AI coding tools tailored to company needs.

## Job Description

## Example Initiatives
- **Agentic coding workflows** — Evaluate, customize, and deploy AI coding agents (e.g., Cursor, Claude Code, Codex) tuned to Baseten's monorepo, conventions, and internal libraries.
- **Custom internal agents** — Build purpose-built agents for tasks like incident triage, on-call support, codebase Q&A, and automated change management.
- **AI adoption strategy** — Track usage, measure productivity gains, and champion best practices for AI-assisted development across all engineering teams.

## Responsibilities
- Own and operate the end-to-end internal AI stack — from model selection and integration to deployment and monitoring.
- Build and maintain custom AI agents and LLM-powered tools tailored to Baseten's engineering workflows.
- Evaluate and roll out third-party AI developer tools, configuration, and onboarding.
- Instrument AI tool usage and measure impact on engineering velocity, code quality, and developer satisfaction.
- Stay at the cutting edge of AI tooling, agents, and developer productivity research — and bring the best ideas back to the team.
- Actively support engineering teams, ensuring they have the AI-powered resources and workflows necessary to remain productive.

## Benefits
- Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
- 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents.
- Generous PTO policy including company wide Winter Break.
- Paid parental leave.
- Company-facilitated 401(k).
- Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

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