Sr. Software Engineer - Agentic AI Systems (Copy)
Redwood City, CA (On-site)
Posted 3 months ago
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Job Description
About The Role
We are seeking an AI Engineer to design, implement, and deploy advanced agentic AI systems. In this role, you’ll build production-ready AI agents that can reason across multiple steps, leverage a mixture of proprietary models, integrate with semiconductor design tools, and operate autonomously over a long period of time.
You’ll work with state of the art frameworks to create pipelines that combine LLM-based reasoning, knowledge grounding, and multi-agent orchestration. This is a high-impact role where you’ll partner with research and engineering teams to translate cutting-edge chip design workflows into reliable, scalable agentic solutions for real-world use cases.
Key Responsibilities
- Build Agentic Systems – Implement multi-step reasoning agents with advanced memory, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), and integrations to tools, databases, and APIs.
- Evaluate and Optimize Agent Performance – Define and implement evaluation pipelines for agentic systems, including success/failure classification, grounding accuracy, reasoning robustness, tool-use reliability, and long-horizon task completion. Use metrics and benchmarks to continuously improve performance in production environments.
- Orchestrate & Optimize – Design supervisor/sub-agent patterns, enable coordination across agents, and apply best practices for robustness, performance, and scalability.
- Deploy & Evolve – Deliver production-grade agentic AI workflows on cloud platforms (AWS preferred), monitor and evaluate agent performance, and continuously fine-tune for quality and efficiency.
- Collaborate & Translate – Work with product managers, researchers, and engineers to transform complex chip design workflows into agent-driven, end-to-end solutions.
- Agentic AI Systems
- Evaluation and Optimization
- Cloud & Infrastructure
- Programming & Development
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field.
- 5-10 years of experience in software development in cloud environment
- 2+ years of experience with hands-on experience building and deploying production-grade agentic AI systems with real-world applications.
- Solid working knowledge of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), agent performance evaluation, and hands-on experience with LangGraph and LangSmith platforms.
- Proficiency in Python and familiarity with backend cloud services (preferably AWS).
- Contributions to open-source AI projects or frameworks.
- Experience with multi-agent orchestration patterns at scale.
- Knowledge of reinforcement learning, planning algorithms, or autonomous reasoning.
- Track record of deploying agentic AI systems in production at scale
- The chance to work on state-of-the-art AI systems that push the boundaries of autonomy and reasoning.
- A collaborative environment where engineering meets research.
- Competitive compensation and equity in a fast-growing AI startup.
- A culture that values ownership, curiosity, and technical excellence.**
Cognichip is developing the world’s first Artificial Chip Intelligence (ACI®) to reimagine chip design. Founded by experts from Amazon, Google, Apple, Aquantia, Synopsys, and KLA, the company tackles high cost and inaccessibility in chip development, enabling hardware to evolve as quickly as AI software innovation.Backed by $33 million in seed funding from Mayfield, Lux Capital, FPV, and Candou Ventures, Cognichip’s ACI® features a first-of-its-kind physics-informed foundation model, purposely built for semiconductors. ACI® accelerates innovation and broadens access to semiconductor technology by making it easier, more affordable, and accessible to a broader range of innovators.
