Kraken
Senior Software Engineer – Agent Systems
$127K–$254K
United States · Remote · Senior · Full-time · Posted Sep 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software systems.
About the job
Builds and scales internal AI-powered agents that automate workflows, reason over interactions across company systems, and take action through internal tools.
What you'll do
- Build and productionize agent systems, inference pipelines, and backend services integrated with internal APIs and data sources.
- Define safe, observable, and controllable agent execution patterns; improve system speed, reliability, and signal quality.
- Prototype agent behaviors and collaborate across teams to identify high-impact automation opportunities.
What they ask for
- 5+ years of experience building and shipping production software systems.
- Strong backend fundamentals, including APIs, distributed systems, data modeling, and reliability.
- Experience building fullstack systems, including backend and occasional frontend work.
- Hands-on production experience with AI/ML systems, LLMs, or inference pipelines.
Nice to have
- Experience building or operating agent-based systems or autonomous workflows.
- Familiarity with prompt engineering, evaluation frameworks, or model performance tuning.
Pay
$127.2K – $254.4K (base salary); Offers Equity; Offers Bonus
Tools
APIs, LLMs
AI focus
Build internal AI-powered agents, inference pipelines, and workflow automation; establish safe, observable, and controllable agent execution.
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