About Level AILevel AI is on a mission to turn every customer interaction into a strategic advantage. Our AI-native platform helps enterprises transform contact centers from cost centers into engines of customer intelligence, operational efficiency, and business growth. By combining advanced AI with deep domain understanding of customer experience, Level AI empowers teams to unlock actionable insights, automate workflows, and deliver more consistent, higher-quality support across the customer journey.Headquartered in Mountain View, California, Level AI is a Series C company backed by leading investors including Battery Ventures and ENIAC. Our platform leverages Large Language Models and Custom Small Language Models (SLMs) to power AI Agents across the entire CX journey—customer-facing agents, agent-assist, and backend automation—along with deep conversation analytics for QA, coaching, and insights.About the roleAs a Senior Engineer – AI Agents, you will play a critical role in building the scalable backend systems that power Level AI’s next-generation AI Agents. These systems operate in real-time, high-volume enterprise environments and are central to delivering intelligent, production-grade AI experiences.You will work at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and AI-powered applications—bringing agentic AI capabilities into production at scale.What you’ll get to do at Level AI (and more as we grow together):Design and build scalable backend systems powering AI Agents that operate in real-time enterprise environmentsDevelop agent orchestration frameworks (multi-step reasoning, tool usage, decisioning workflows)Build systems for agent memory, context management, and state persistence across interactionsArchitect low-latency inference pipelines integrating LLMs, SLMs, and external tools/servicesImplement evaluation (evals) frameworks to measure agent performance, accuracy, and reliabilityEnable continuous improvement loops (feedback → retraining → deployment) for AI agents in productionDesign and manage event-driven, asynchronous workflows for complex agent tasksOptimize systems for high throughput, low latency, and cost-efficient inference at scaleBuild and maintain robust APIs and service layers (REST / gRPC) for agent capabilitiesPartner closely with Applied AI / ML teams to productionize models and agent behaviours.Collaborate with Product and Solutions teams to translate real customer workflows into agentic systemsDrive best practices in observability, monitoring, safety, and guardrails for AI systemsContribute to architecture decisions for scaling multi-tenant, enterprise-grade AI platformsWe'll love to explore more about you if you have:5+ years of experience in backend engineering, distributed systems, or platform engineeringStrong experience building high-scale, production-grade backend systemsExperience designing systems for real-time processing, streaming, or event-driven architecturesStrong understanding of API design (REST, gRPC) and microservices architecturesExperience with databases (SQL + NoSQL) and data modeling for high-scale systemsHands-on experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure)Strong fundamentals in system design, concurrency, and performance optimizationStrong Plus (Agent / AI focus):Experience working with LLMs, conversational AI, or AI-powered products in productionFamiliarity with agent frameworks, tool calling, or multi-step reasoning systemsExperience building or integrating RAG pipelines, vector databases, or retrieval systemsExposure to evaluation systems (offline/online evals, A/B testing for AI systems)Understanding of prompting strategies, context windows, and model behavior optimizationExperience with real-time decisioning systems or workflow orchestration enginesPerks & BenefitsCompetitive compensation with performance-based upsideFlexible vacation policyHealth insurance coverageWork with a globally distributed, high-impact teamOpportunity to build cutting-edge AI products at scaleRegular team offsites and in-person collaboration