Agent Engineer

Home > Python programming jobs

Agent Engineer in USA new

Clera
Full time
Email

USA
11/01/2026
Report

Palo Alto, CA

Responsibilities

Investigate agent technology developments and identify product opportunities.
Translate model behaviors into reusable skills and workflows for user needs.
Build and improve Python agent infrastructure for orchestration, context management, structured outputs, retries, and error recovery.
Design tools and integrations for email, calendars, messaging, browsers, documents, CRMs, and business software.
Own agent, service, interface, data, background-job, observability, and production-operation capabilities.
Create reusable platform abstractions and guide technical decisions on ambiguous problems.
Improve agent execution latency, cost, reliability, and safety.
Use evaluations, production traces, and user feedback to diagnose issues and drive engineering improvements.

Requirements

At least 5 years of experience building production software systems end to end, including deployment and operational iteration.
Strong Python skills and hands-on experience with Django, APIs, React, and TypeScript.
Experience building or operating agent systems involving planning, tool calling, structured outputs, context and state management, retries, and orchestration.
Experience designing integrations with external APIs and business software.
Ability to turn loosely defined user needs and emerging technologies into practical product features.
Experience owning complex production systems, including observability, debugging, and improvements based on production signals.
Ability to design reusable platform abstractions and diagnose issues across prompts, model outputs, application code, databases, and APIs.
Background in LLMs, prompt engineering, or production model evaluation is useful.
Experience optimizing high-volume systems for latency, cost, and reliability is useful.
Demonstrated career progression within an organization or experience founding a startup, along with strong engineering fundamentals.

Benefits

On-site in Palo Alto, California, with hybrid flexibility.

Clera

Clera harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to match high-growth startups with exceptional talent, streamlining the entire headhunting process. This innovative approach simplifies the job search for candidates while providing startups with access to a curated pool of skilled professional...

Similar positions

Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Fulfillment

Instacart
Full time

Remote
11/01/2026
Salary: $128k-$135k

Canada

Software Engineer - Machine Learning

Figma
Full time

USA
11/01/2026
Salary: $153k-$376k

Remote

AI Engineer

Anika Systems
Full time

Remote
11/01/2026

USA, Canada

Senior Data Engineer (US)

Firstup
Full time

USA
10/31/2026
Salary: $155k-$170k

Remote

Software Engineer II, Full Stack

Affirm
Full time

Remote
10/31/2026
Salary: $95k-$130k

Canada