Software engineer, agents

WRITER•New York, NY

3d•$132,000 - $240,000

About The Position

WRITER is seeking a fullstack software engineer to join its engineering team building AI-driven agent systems. The role focuses on designing, building, and scaling agents that execute autonomous workflows, orchestrate multi-step tasks, and integrate with enterprise data and services. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams to turn complex agent concepts into production-ready systems. The role is open at multiple levels, with compensation ranges scaled to experience, expertise, and scope.

Requirements

At least 3 years of professional software engineering experience, including at least 3 years of Python experience in production environments.
Proficiency in native agentic coding, demonstrated through daily use of tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or other agentic coding platforms.
Experience building distributed systems, microservices, or complex backend APIs supporting AI or agent workflows.
Expertise with systems integrating AI models, agent frameworks, vector databases, and large-context reasoning services.
Understanding of agent orchestration patterns, state management, and asynchronous workflows.
Experience with cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure; containerization tools such as Docker and Kubernetes; and operational engineering best practices.
Good grasp of performance optimization, testing frameworks, and CI/CD pipelines.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a “connect + challenge + own” mindset.

Nice To Haves

Past work on AI agents that coordinate multi-step actions, reasoning, or autonomous decision-making loops.
Contributions to open-source agent toolkits or SDKs.
Experience with frontend technologies such as React and TypeScript for agent management interfaces.

Responsibilities

Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure agent-driven services and systems that autonomously accomplish tasks using modern AI frameworks.
Develop and enhance robust infrastructure and high-throughput APIs, including agent capabilities for memory, communication channels, skills, decision logic, security, and workflow management.
Integrate agent capabilities with backend services, data stores, vector databases, search and retrieval systems, and external APIs.
Collaborate with product managers, AI researchers, data engineers, and UX teams to turn agent use cases into production-ready software.
Ensure reliability, monitoring, and observability for agent components, including metrics, logging, CI/CD, and fault tolerance.
Contribute to architectural decisions and participate in code reviews to uphold quality and maintainability.

Benefits

Generous paid time off and company holidays.
Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and their families.
16 weeks of paid parental leave for all parents.
Fertility and family planning support.
Early-detection cancer testing through Galleri.
Flexible spending account and dependent FSA options.
Health savings account for eligible plans, with a company contribution.
Annual wellness stipend for expenses such as gym, massage or chiropractor, and personal training.
Annual learning and development stipend.
Company-wide and team off-sites.
Competitive compensation, company stock options, and 401(k).