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Tessera LabsTessera LabsSan Jose, CA

AI Agent Engineer

Builds complex AI agent pipelines using LLMs, develops ML models with fine-tuning pipelines, and deploys AI infrastructure on cloud platforms. Requires 5+ years experience, expertise in AI/ML systems, and bachelor's degree or higher.

150k – 230k/yr
On-site5+ YOEML Engineering

About the role

Key Responsibilities

AI Agent Building (60%)

  • Develop complex multi-step agentic pipelines around open- and closed-source LLMs.
  • Build tools enabling AIs to interact with critical enterprise software platforms.
  • Ensure AI designs align with business objectives and industry best practices.

ML development and fine-tuning (30%)

  • Create data generation and processing pipelines to train and fine-tune custom ML models.
  • Implement and manage training and evaluation pipelines for LLMs.

Deployment and AI Systems Infrastructure (10%)

  • Manage AI infrastructure across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.
  • Deploy inference endpoints and serve AI and LLM technologies as part of our core product infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

  • Earned a Bachelor’s degree, Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
  • 5+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or related roles.
  • Proven expertise in AI model building and agent development.
  • Strong background in ML and LLM-driven systems development.
  • Experience with compound AI systems, vector databases, and tool-calling AIs.
  • Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience building & deploying production-grade, large-scale AI applications.
  • Familiarity with AI deployment, evaluation, and monitoring practices.
  • Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.

Skills

LLMsAI AgentsMachine LearningVector DatabasesTool CallingAWSAzureGCPFine-TuningData Pipelines

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