Senior Software Engineer (Agentic Systems) ($160K - $250K + Equity) at Tavus

Senior Software Engineer (Agentic Systems)

Salary: $160K – $250K + Equity

Company Description: High-growth AI research lab

Job Description:

Join a pioneering research lab as a technical lead focused on building the next generation of conversational AI interfaces. You will architect and deploy production-grade agentic systems, integrating long-term memory and complex task management. This role is essential for creating reliable, real-time interactive systems that bridge the gap between human communication and machine intelligence.

Location: San Francisco, USA

Why This Role Is Remarkable:

• Lead the development of sophisticated agentic features like RAG and asynchronous task management within a high-performance engineering culture.
• Join a well-funded Series B startup backed by top-tier global venture capital firms at the forefront of the AI wave.
• High-impact opportunity to shape the future of human-computer interaction by building systems that act with unprecedented empathy and reliability.

What You Will Do:

• Own the end-to-end development and delivery of new agentic systems, including job scheduling and autonomous memory management.
• Partner with cross-functional research and product teams to design real-time interfaces that respond to complex user inputs.
• Ensure the scalability and observability of production-grade LLM systems while contributing across the full technical stack.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Deep expertise in Python and extensive experience building complex, production-ready agentic systems using modern LLM frameworks.
• A senior engineering mindset with a proven track record of setting technical direction and shipping polished software in ambiguous environments.
• Strong architectural intuition and the ability to communicate complex technical concepts with clarity to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.