# Python OSS Engineer

**Company:** [LangChain](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/langchain)
**Location:** Cambridge, MA, Boston, MA, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Salary:** $160k – $225k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Python, LangChain, LangGraph, AI Agents, Machine Learning, Documentation, Open Source
**Posted:** 2025-02-10

> Maintains and improves the core Python LangChain and LangGraph packages, enhances documentation, resolves community issues, and builds example AI applications. Requires 5+ years in software engineering or applied ML, strong communication, and ownership mindset.

## Job Description

## What You'll Do
- Improve the core abstractions and runtime of the LangChain and LangGraph packages
- Improve documentation across the LangChain ecosystem
- Answer user questions and resolve issues from the community
- Use LangChain to build example applications that demonstrate how to build production AI systems

## What You'll Bring
- 5+ years of software engineering or applied machine learning experience
- Strong written and oral communication skills, with the ability to explain technical concepts clearly and concisely to both technical and non-technical stakeholders
- The ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment and view unstructured environments as an opportunity to identify impactful work and define the future success of the company
- An ownership-minded approach to work, with the ability to manage your work efficiently and effectively without the need for close supervision

## Compensation & Benefits
Annual salary range: $160,000- $225,000
Competitive compensation including base salary, meaningful equity, health and dental coverage, flexible vacation, 401(k) plan, and life insurance.

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