Software Engineer - Agentic Systems

Software Engineer – Agentic SystemsLocation: Arlington, VARole & ResponsibilitiesAs a Senior Software Engineer – Agentic Systems, you will:Design and build scalable, resilient software systems that orchestrate AI agents, tools, and services within enterprise environments.Treat agents as execution primitives, ensuring each action is explicitly attributable, authorized, auditable, and observable.Implement orchestration patterns such as supervisors, routers, planners, and stateful workflows for multi-step agent execution.Build frameworks for tool invocation, error handling, retries, and compensating actions in agent-driven workflows.Integrate identity, permissions, and policy enforcement directly into agent execution paths.Collaborate with AI Engineers to integrate models and prompts as components within larger systems.Own operational aspects of agentic platforms, including logging, monitoring, tracing, and incident response.Review code, mentor peers, and contribute to shared engineering standards and architectural decisions.Required Experience & SkillsBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.Significant professional experience building distributed, production-grade software systems.Strong proficiency in backend software development (e.g., Java, Kotlin, Python, or similar).Experience designing APIs, services, and asynchronous workflows.Deep understanding of authentication, authorization, and secure service-to-service communication.Experience operating systems with high reliability, availability, and regulatory requirements.