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AI Software Engineer, CA

Photon

Location
Onsite (United States)
Compensation
$54k - $189k/yr
Employment
Full-time
Level
Senior Level
Posted Today

About the role

Photon is a global leader in AI and digital solutions helping clients accelerate AI adoption. The AI Software Engineer role focuses on designing and deploying intelligent, scalable pipelines and agentic workflow frameworks for autonomous business operations.

Skills

Software engineering API integration AI-driven automation LLM orchestration RAG Java Kotlin Cloud ecosystems GCP AWS Containerization Microservices architecture Distributed systems Prompt engineering State management Asynchronous event processing

Benefits

  • Medical insurance
  • Vision insurance
  • Dental insurance
  • 401k retirement plan
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays

Perks

  • Variable pay
  • Incentives

Full job details

AI Software Engineer

Overview: The AI Software Engineer is responsible for the technical backbone of our autonomous tools. This role bridges software engineering, API integrations, and AI-driven automation to design and deploy intelligent, highly scalable pipelines that connect underlying data layers to execution engines.


Key Responsibilities
● Design, develop, and deploy the next-generation AI Agentic Workflow Framework enabling autonomous and semi-autonomous business operations.
● Build multi-agent orchestration platforms, LLM integration layers, retrieval systems (RAG), and production-grade evaluation pipelines.
● Integrate Generative AI services (e.g., OpenAI APIs, Claude, LangChain) to automate parsing, data mapping, and action triggers.
● Partner closely with design and product teams to translate workflow concepts into reliable, highly available backend architecture.


Skills & Seniority Bar

Seniority & Experience: 7-10+ years of hands-on professional software engineering, with significant experience operating at a Senior, Staff, or Lead level scaling distributed systems.

AI / Automation Expertise : Applied experience with LLM orchestration, custom prompt pipelines, state
management, and asynchronous event processing.

Core Infrastructure : Deep knowledge of cloud ecosystems (GCP/AWS), JVM languages (Java/Kotlin), containerization, and microservices architecture.

 

Compensation, Benefits and Duration

Minimum Compensation: USD 54,000
Maximum Compensation: USD 189,000
Compensation is based on actual experience and qualifications of the candidate. The above is a reasonable and a good faith estimate for the role.
Medical, vision, and dental benefits, 401k retirement plan, variable pay/incentives, paid time off, and paid holidays are available for full time employees.
This position is available for independent contractors
No applications will be considered if received more than 120 days after the date of this post.