About the job
The Opportunity
At Sema4.ai, we are pioneering an Enterprise AI Agent platform that revolutionizes the way knowledge work is accomplished by fostering seamless collaboration between people and AI agents.
As a Staff Engineer on the AI team, you will be responsible for the design, development, and enhancement of Sema4.ai's cognitive architectures, which serve as the foundation of our agents. Your role will integrate cutting-edge AI research with production-quality standards to enable high-leverage capabilities for our clients' daily operations.
This position offers a unique opportunity for significant impact. You will be constructing essential infrastructure in a dynamic environment where your decisions hold substantial weight, and trade-offs are a critical aspect of the process. We seek engineers who thrive in ambiguity, yet demonstrate rigor, aesthetic sensibility, and strong technical judgment in their creations.
Who You Are
GenAI Specialist
You possess the expertise to implement LLMs and agents effectively within production systems. You are aware of the intricacies involved: prompt fragility, context limitations, tool failures, cost and latency constraints, provider peculiarities, and enterprise reliability standards. Your fluency in contemporary AI system development approaches allows you to apply them judiciously.
Technology Aficionado
You remain well-informed about research and industry trends without becoming distracted by every new development. You anticipate the trajectory of the field and design systems that can adapt as models and techniques change. You evaluate trends with a critical eye, integrating what is effective while avoiding unnecessary complexity. Your considerations include abstraction boundaries, potential failure modes, and long-term maintainability.
Quality-Oriented Builder
You prioritize correctness, clarity, and operational excellence. While you are adept at quick iterations, you understand the limitations of your systems and know when to address them appropriately. You navigate the balance between the “not invented here” mentality and the assumption that all problems have been previously solved.
What You’ll Do
Develop and Maintain Core Systems
Your primary focus will be on the development and evolution of core agent framework components, orchestration logic, and LLM integration layers. These systems are essential and will serve as the backbone for our customers' operations.