Software Engineer, Agent Platform
Builds scalable backend services, APIs, and OSS framework for production AI agent systems. Requires strong Python expertise, service architecture, SQL databases, and AI tooling familiarity; in-person in San Francisco.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Develop Letta's OSS agents framework and cloud service
- Design scalable & resilient backend services and APIs to support Letta Cloud
- Work with researchers and support bleeding-edge agent architectures in Letta
Required Skills
- Strong proficiency with Python
- Strong understanding of how to architect services for security, reliability, and performance
- Ability to build scalable backend services
- Strong understanding of SQL databases (Postgres)
- Familiarity with tooling across the AI stack, such as inference engines (e.g. vLLM, Ollama), and LLM provider APIs (OpenAI, Anthropic)
Bonus Skills
- Proficient with TypeScript, React, Tailwind, etc. (the modern stack for web applications)
Skills
Python, Postgres, SQL, vLLM, Ollama, OpenAI, Anthropic, TypeScript, React, Tailwind
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