Staff Agentic Software Engineer
Bio-Rad Laboratories•Irvine, CA
•Onsite
About The Position
The Staff Agentic Software Automation Engineer sets automation and test direction for a domain or product area, leading the design of scalable automation systems built around agentic tools and approaches. This role has the technical depth and organizational influence to drive adoption of agentic automation practices, including agent orchestration and oversight, across teams, and serves as a senior escalation point for automation and test infrastructure decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related technical field (Master's preferred).
- 7-10 years developing tools for CI automation and test infrastructure, including direction-setting across a domain or product area, and early, hands-on adoption of agentic or AI-assisted automation tools.
- Deep technical leadership across automation and test infrastructure for a domain or product area, with strong AWS and cloud infrastructure experience for building and deploying applications at scale.
- Proficiency directing AI-assisted automation tools within the personal engineering workflow, including orchestrating multi-step agent workflows to accelerate CI and test development.
- Experience with modern agentic and test automation tooling (e.g., Kiro, Claude Code, Playwright, Shiplight, AWS/Terraform).
- Mentoring senior engineers and cross-functional stakeholder management, coordinating automation and test priorities across teams.
Responsibilities
- Set automation and test direction for a domain or product area, embedding agentic tools as the primary methodology for CI, infrastructure, and test workflows.
- Serve as a senior escalation point for automation and test infrastructure decisions across multiple teams.
- Drive adoption of agentic automation practices, including agent orchestration and oversight, across teams.
- Mentor senior engineers and contribute to their technical growth.
- Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to align automation and test priorities with business needs.
Benefits
- competitive medical plans for you and your family
- free HSA funds
- new fertility offering with stipend
- group life and disability
- paid parental leave
- 401k plus profit sharing
- employee stock purchase program
- new upgraded and streamlined mental health platform
- extensive learning and development opportunities
- education benefits
- student debt relief program
- pet insurance
- wellness challenges and support
- paid time off
- Employee Resource Groups (ERG’s)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
