Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI Agent Platform (Remote)

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The Geico AI Agent Platform team is seeking an exceptional Senior Staff

Software Engineer to build the next generation enterprise Agent OS and

SDKs.

This role combines deep technical expertise in platform engineering,

application design and agentic workflows with strong leadership and

mentoring capabilities. You will be responsible for designing, implementing,

and maintaining scalable, reliable frontend and backend systems that enable

our business, product and engineering teams to build, test and deploy their

own AI agents & workflows. The candidate must have excellent

communication skills and a proven track record of delivering business value

via technical excellence.

KEY REPONSIBILITIES:

1. Platform Engineering:

Architect and implement scalable multi-tenant backend systems for

building AI agent workflows, including agent configuration, offline

evaluation, synthetic data generation, workflow simulation, agent

marketplace, etc. using Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS), FastAPI, etc.,

ensuring economy of scale and control cost of maintenance.

Collaborate with Design team to architect and implement frontend

experiences and workflows for onboarding both technical and non-

technical stakeholders, maximizing user adoption and successful AI

agent development

Develop observability frameworks to ensure 99.9%+ uptime for AI

agent platforms through robust monitoring, alerting, and incident

response procedures

Evaluate and (if desirable) integrate cutting-edge GenAI frameworks,

libraries and vendors to maintain a state-of-the-art technology stack,

including hybrid cloud solutions with AWS/GCP as backup or

specialized use cases

Architect and implement scalable, high-performance machine learning

platforms and systems capable of processing large data volumes and

supporting real-time decision making and workflows.

2. DevOps/Application Lifecycle Management:

Oversee the end-to-end lifecycle of AI agent applications, ensuring

robust testing, deployment, and ongoing monitoring.

Ensure adherence to company production readiness standards,

security protocols, and regulatory compliance throughout the

development lifecycle.

Continuously optimize platform performance, reducing latency and

improving throughput for AI agent workloads

Design and implement backup, recovery, and business continuity plans

for hosted platform applications & services

Design and maintain robust CI/CD pipelines for ML model deployment

using Azure DevOps, GitHub Actions, and MLOps tools

3. Technical Leadership:

Act as the tech lead across multiple sub-teams/initiatives, setting

technical direction and ensuring consistency in design principles and

best practices.

Provide hands-on mentorship and guidance during design reviews,

code assessments, and performance tuning.

Lead by example in tackling complex technical challenges and driving

system-wide architectural improvements.

Establish and champion engineering standards for ML infrastructure,

deployment practices, and operational procedures

Create technical documentation, runbooks, and deliver internal training

sessions on platform capabilities

4. Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and product

teams to seamlessly deploy ML systems into production

environments.

Translate complex technical concepts into actionable insights for both

technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Foster a collaborative environment that encourages innovation and the

sharing of best practices across teams.

Present technical solutions and platform roadmaps to leadership and

cross-functional stakeholders

QUALIFICATIONS:

Technical Skills

Bachelor's degree in computer science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a

related field; an advanced degree (master's or Ph.D.) is highly

desirable.

10+ years of hands-on experience in designing, implementing, and

maintaining multi-tenant AIML systems and platforms in production

environments.

10+ years of experience working with cloud platforms such as Azure

and AWS.

Extensive expertise in designing and deploying large-scale data

pipelines and real-time inference systems and managing the end-to-

end AI Agent and/or AIML system development lifecycles, including

configuration, evaluation, monitoring, observability and AuthN/AuthR

considerations

8+ years of experience working with common backend systems & tools

(e.g, Kubernetes, Temporal, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, Redis, Neo4J,

etc.). Deep understanding of Docker, container optimization, and multi-

stage builds. Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, Open Telemetry

and distributed tracing

4+ years of experience building front-end web applications using

frameworks such as React and/or Next.JS

Deep proficiency in programming languages such as Python, Java, Go,

etc., with a strong emphasis on coding excellence. Extra credit for

properly leveraging AI coding tools such as Cursor for productivity

gains

Proficiency in AIML frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Langraph,

etc.

Leadership Skills:

Demonstrated track record of mentoring engineers and leading

technical initiatives

Proven ability to tackle complex technical challenges, innovate through

hands-on experimentation, and set technical standards.

Excellent verbal and written communication against audience of

diverse seniority levels and professional backgrounds

Preferred Specialized Skills

Understanding of AI safety principles, model governance, and

regulatory compliance

Background in regulated industries with understanding of data privacy

requirements and cybersecurity review processes

Deep expertise operating and/or building AI agent platforms &

capabilities like Langsmith/Langraph platform, Autogen, N8N, Crew.ai,

Dify.ai etc.

Experience building LLM-based AI agent workflows via both no

code/low code and traditional high-code development environments

Experience utilizing both open source (e.g. llama, Qwen, Mistral) and

proprietary (e.g. GPT, Claude) LLMs for appropriate tasks

If you are passionate about pushing the boundaries of generative ai

platforms, thrive in a hands-on technical leadership role, and enjoy solving

complex, large-scale problems, we encourage you to apply.

Location - Remote

Annual Salary

$115,000.00 - $300,000.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate's work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

GEICO will consider sponsoring a new qualified applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge:

Great Company: At GEICO, we help our customers through life's twists and turns. Our mission is to protect people when they need it most and we're constantly evolving to stay ahead of their needs.

We're an iconic brand that thrives on innovation, exceeding our customers' expectations and enabling our collective success. From day one, you'll take on exciting challenges that help you grow and collaborate with dynamic teams who want to make a positive impact on people's lives.

Great Careers: We offer a career where you can learn, grow, and thrive through personalized development programs, created with your career - and your potential - in mind. You'll have access to industry leading training, certification assistance, career mentorship and coaching with supportive leaders at all levels.

Great Culture: We foster an inclusive culture of shared success, rooted in integrity, a bias for action and a winning mindset. Grounded by our core values, we have an an established culture of caring, inclusion, and belonging, that values different perspectives. Our teams are led by dynamic, multi-faceted teams led by supportive leaders, driven by performance excellence and unified under a shared purpose.

As part of our culture, we also offer employee engagement and recognition programs that reward the positive impact our work makes on the lives of our customers.

Great Rewards: We offer compensation and benefits built to enhance your physical well-being, mental and emotional health and financial future.

• Comprehensive Total Rewards program that offers personalized coverage tailor-made for you and your family's overall well-being.
• Financial benefits including market-competitive compensation; a 401K savings plan vested from day one that offers a 6% match; performance and recognition-based incentives; and tuition assistance.
• Access to additional benefits like mental healthcare as well as fertility and adoption assistance.
• Supports flexibility- We provide workplace flexibility as well as our GEICO Flex program, which offers the ability to work from anywhere in the US for up to four weeks per year.

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