Senior Software Engineer - LLM and Agentic AI Applications - Profitable AI Startup

Senior Software Engineer - LLM and Agentic AI Applications - Profitable AI StartupLocation: you can either work remotely or in the company's offices in San Francisco or New YorkThe company's product is enterprise SaaS and involves data science, AI, machine learning, predictive analytics, and big data. It is a mission-driven company.The company has about 30 employees and 8 engineers. It raised a pre-seed round of funding several years ago and hasn't needed any investment since then. It is very profitable, is utilized by many top tier customers, and revenues are growing rapidly.The company will pay up to $240k in salary, plus equity which could be lucrative.Job Responsibilities:- Primarily working with Python, LangGraph, and MCP.- Blending Python software development expertise with LLM and agentic application development to advance the state of the art analytics engine that powers the core product.- Building applications for customers to use which will help them to extract knowledge and learnings from the company's product.- Building, maintaining, and continuously improving tools, techniques, and architecture for agentic applications.- Working with a talented and diverse team of engineers, data scientists, and research staff to build new features and solve novel problems across the spectrum of software engineering, data visualization, and science.Qualifications:- At least 3 years of professional experience (the more the better).- Expertise in Python.- At least 2 years of LLM and agentic AI experience.- Experience building an agentic AI product that is in use by customers (not just a personal project).- Strong problem solving skills and attention to detail.- Expertise in architecting, maintaining, and optimizing generative AI applications.- Up to date on the latest technologies for AI Ops.- Knowledgeable about software architecture able to design scalable, performant solutions.- Emphasis on code quality and writing maintainable, testable code.Nice to have:- Thorough knowledge of the Linux operating system.- Experience with Celery, and MongoDB.- Belief in the scientific method and making data-driven decisions.- Experience mentoring other engineers.About Skyrocket VenturesSkyrocket Ventures is a recruiting firm for hundreds of high growth technology companies that range from industry leaders to top-tier startups. This opportunity is with one of our client companies for a full-time permanent hire. Please only apply if you are authorized to work in the U.S.Please note that even if this job is not a perfect match, we encourage you to apply as long as it is in the ballpark. Companies are often flexible in hiring candidates who do not perfectly fit their written job description, as long as the most important qualifications are there and the candidate is good in general.Most of the jobs we are recruiting for are not posted online, so if you would like to know of all the opportunities we have that match your interests and qualifications, then please get in touch with us.After you apply to this job posting, we’ll consider you for this job as well as any other potential matches with our client companies. If we have any potential matches, we’ll share your resume with those companies and contact you about any interview opportunities we can get you.Thank you, and we wish you a great job search!