AI Agent Engineer

Job Summary

As we build to the next level, we’re looking for a top-quality AI engineer with a strong focus on AI agents - someone who knows how to leverage LLMs, both open-source and closed, in combination with complex tool-calling hierarchies and operational patterns.

This is an opportunity to build scalable, secure, and high-impact AI technologies for the future of enterprise. If you thrive in high-growth, fast-moving environments and are passionate about AI, ML, and AI agents, we want to hear from you.

Key Responsibilities

1. AI Agent Building (60%)

• Develop complex multi-step agentic pipelines around open- and closed-source LLMs.

• Build tools enabling AIs to interact with critical enterprise software platforms.

• Ensure AI designs align with business objectives and industry best practices.​

2. ML development and fine-tuning (30%)

• Create data generation and processing pipelines to train and fine-tune custom ML models.

• Implement and manage training and evaluation pipelines for LLMs.

3. Deployment and AI Systems Infrastructure (10%)

• Manage AI infrastructure across platforms such as AWS, Azure, or GCP.​

• Deploy inference endpoints and serve AI and LLM technologies as part of our core product infrastructure.

Required Qualifications

• Earned a Bachelor’s degree, Master's degree or Ph.D. in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.​

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, or related roles.​

• Proven expertise in AI model building and agent development.

• Strong background in ML and LLM-driven systems development.

• Experience with compound AI systems, vector databases, and tool-calling AIs.

• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.​

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building & deploying production-grade, large-scale AI applications.

• Familiarity with AI deployment, evaluation, and monitoring practices.

• Strong communication skills with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical stakeholders.​

Join the Future of AI at Tessera Labs

We're looking for someone who enjoys building reliable, scalable systems that help teams move faster. If you take pride in cutting-edge AI, value clear ownership, and want to have a meaningful impact in a fast-moving environment, you’ll fit right in.