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Staff AI Engineer (AI Core Engineering team)

Acquia
Location
Remote-United-States
Posted
1 month ago
Department
Engineering
What they actually want (must-haves)
  • 8+ years of software engineering experience
  • 3+ years in production of AI Agents
  • Hands-on expertise with LangGraph, Temporal, and Pydantic
  • Hands-on expertise with LangFuse
  • Proficiency with agent harness frameworks like LangChain
  • Deep Python proficiency and strong engineering fundamentals
Nice to have
  • Experience with Enterprise SaaS or CMS, particularly Acquia's Drupal-based DXP
  • Fluency in agentic development workflows and AI-assisted coding tools
  • Familiarity with persistent agent runtimes
  • Experience in LLM fine-tuning or model evaluation
  • Understanding of human-in-the-loop design
What the job really is

The Staff AI Engineer will be a hands-on role focused on designing, building, and shipping production-grade agentic AI workflows within Acquia's digital experience platform. Responsibilities include writing AI code, architecting workflows, ensuring AI observability, mentoring other engineers, and collaborating with product and platform teams to meet enterprise standards. The role also involves evaluating new tools and representing Acquia's AI capabilities in customer interactions.

Benefits
  • Competitive healthcare coverage
  • Wellness programs
  • Take it when you need it time off
  • Parental leave
  • Recognition programs
Things to weigh
  • No specific information on remote work policies beyond location
  • Pay range provided, but may not reflect all compensation aspects
  • Mentoring is part of the role but not a primary focus
  • Focus on enterprise-scale solutions may limit exposure to smaller projects
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