# Staff Engineer, AI

**Company:** [Sema4.ai](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/sema4-ai)
**Location:** Atlanta, GA
**Role:** ML Engineering
**Experience:** 7+ years
**Skills:** Python, LLMs, AI Agents, Orchestration, Retrieval Augmented Generation, Backend Systems, Observability, Machine Learning, Generative AI
**Posted:** 2026-02-02

> Designs, builds, and owns core cognitive architectures for enterprise AI agent platform, blending AI research with production systems. Requires 7+ years engineering with 2+ years AI/ML production experience and deep Python backend expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop and evolve core agent framework components, orchestration logic, and LLM integration layers.
- Own systems end-to-end for business-critical workloads.
- Collaborate with product and field engineering teams to translate customer needs into robust systems.
- Solve ambiguous problems like improving agent reliability, managing workflows, balancing cost/performance, and integrating new models.
- Participate in design/code reviews, shape technical standards, and interview candidates.

## Requirements
- 7+ years software engineering experience, including 2+ years building AI/ML systems in production.
- Deep experience with backend systems in Python (performance, observability, reliability).
- Hands-on experience designing/operating LLM-based systems (agents, orchestration, retrieval, tools).
- Strong communication skills.
- High-ownership mindset.

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