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People In AI · 5 hours ago

Staff AI Engineer

People In AI is a fast-growing, Series C technology company building production-grade AI agents for complex, high-stakes workflows. The role involves designing, shipping, and owning agentic systems in production, focusing on building reliable AI systems that operate under real constraints.

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Hiring Manager
Cassie Wandell
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Responsibilities

Design and ship agentic systems that plan, reason, and operate across complex, multi-step workflows
Build production agents that combine LLMs, retrieval systems, APIs, and business logic
Own agent behavior in production, including evaluation, monitoring, iteration, and reliability
Translate ambiguous real-world problems into concrete agent capabilities and guardrails
Design prompt structures, memory systems, and orchestration layers that hold up under real usage
Partner closely with product and design to ship agent experiences customers trust

Qualification

LLM-powered applicationsAgent orchestrationProduction systemsAPIsRetrieval systemsSoftware engineering fundamentalsComplex control flowMonitoringTradeoff judgmentOwnership in ambiguityObservability

Required

Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience shipping production systems
Hands-on experience building LLM-powered applications or agent workflows
Comfort working with APIs, stateful systems, and complex control flow
Sound judgment around tradeoffs, reliability, and user impact
Ability to operate with ownership in an ambiguous, fast-moving environment

Preferred

Experience with retrieval, tool calling, or multi-step orchestration (strong plus)

Benefits

Meaningful equity
Competitive compensation

Company

People In AI

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At People in AI, we specialize in staffing solutions for the rapidly expanding AI sector.

Funding

Current Stage
Early Stage
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