Senior Software Engineer (Contract AI Agents)
ScrumAID
New York, NY · Posted November 1, 2026
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About the job
An early-stage company applying agentic AI to contract workflows is looking for a senior engineer who has shipped AI agents as part of a real product. The work is greenfield, reports to the founders and sits inside a small, tightly focused product and engineering group.
Scope
Design and build foundational product capabilities from nothing, prioritizing dependability, scale and safety
Create software features driven by agentic AI, plus agent workflows tying language models to APIs, data stores, enterprise systems and third-party tools
Develop and ship Python-based AI agents that automate intricate contract processes
Convert product needs into working systems and delivered features, alongside clients and colleagues
Own features across their full lifecycle, from idea to launch to running them
Help define how the team builds, which tools it uses and what its culture feels like, as one of the first members
About you
Six or more years building and shipping production backend systems, and still writing production code hands-on today
Production Python on the backend, plus TypeScript and React on the front end
An LLM agent shipped as a user-facing product feature, not just internal tooling or coding assistants
Ability to design agent systems covering orchestration, tool calling, evaluation and failure handling
Experience at a startup or other high-ownership environment, ideally a small company
A plus: AWS or Azure with DevOps, and prior stints as an early or founding engineer
On-site in New York, NY or the San Francisco Bay Area, five days a week, with no relocation support. Visa transfers considered.