Remote Senior Staff Engineer, Agent Foundry

Description:

• The Senior Staff Engineer on the Agent Foundry team will lead the architecture and implementation of complex full-stack systems that power intelligent agents.
• This role involves collaborating with Product, CX, and the AI Platform team to rapidly scope, prototype, and launch agents.
• The engineer will design and build reusable patterns, frameworks, and abstractions for agent development.
• Responsibilities include integrating AI models and services with Ridgeline’s unified data model and platform APIs.
• The engineer must ensure that solutions are scalable, secure, and maintainable within Ridgeline’s architecture.
• The role requires partnering with Product squads to ensure smooth handoff, adoption, and long-term success of agents.
• The engineer will contribute to Ridgeline’s internal best practices for generative AI and mentor engineers to drive engineering excellence across the Foundry and beyond.
• Evaluating and applying generative AI advances while weighing tradeoffs of performance, reliability, and cost is also a key responsibility.

Requirements:

• Candidates must have 10+ years of software engineering experience, including significant full stack development.
• Experience leading and delivering end-to-end features in cloud-native production systems is required.
• A deep knowledge of modern front-end and back-end technologies such as React, Kotlin, Java, TypeScript, or similar is essential.
• A strong understanding of LLMs and AI-driven architectures, including RAG and agent frameworks, is necessary.
• Familiarity with prompt engineering, structured output generation, and AI integration patterns is expected.
• Expertise in RESTful API design, scalable data workflows, and security best practices is required.
• Candidates must demonstrate the ability to work cross-functionally and communicate technical ideas clearly.
• A passion for clean code, iterative development, and measurable outcomes is important.
• Experience with generative AI development tools like Cursor and ChatGPT is preferred.

Benefits:

• The typical starting salary range for this role is $200,000-$235,000, with a higher range of $212,500-$250,000 in select locations such as the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City Metro Area.
• Final compensation will be determined by multiple factors, including candidate experience and expertise.
• Employees have opportunities for career advancement and can make a true impact on the product.
• 100% of employees can participate in the Company Stock Plan, subject to the applicable Stock Option Agreement.
• Rich benefits include unlimited vacation, educational and wellness reimbursements, and $0 cost employee insurance plans.