Senior AI Engineer - Agentic Systems - Onsite

Dallas, TX. Posted 3 days ago

The role

You will build and ship major features for Conifers' AI security operations platform. You will lead development of AI agents running in production and design the Python backend systems behind them.

What you will do

Design, build, and ship major end-to-end features
Lead development of AI agents operating in production environments
Architect and scale Python-based distributed backend systems
Make key technical decisions that shape the evolution of an AI-first platform
Build systems that combine LLMs, reasoning flows, orchestration, and classic backend engineering
Work closely with Product, Design, Security Researchers, and GTM teams
Bring clarity, ownership, and strong engineering standards to the team

Required qualifications

6+ years of software engineering experience
Strong software engineering background, able to build production-grade systems beyond research, experimentation, or prompt engineering
Hands-on experience building and operating production-grade AI/LLM systems, ideally including agentic workflows, tool-calling, orchestration, evaluations, or multi-step reasoning systems
Strong backend expertise, including Python, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture
Experience designing systems that balance AI components with reliable backend infrastructure
Ability to turn ambiguous problems into structured, scalable solutions
Strong ownership mindset and bias for action
Full professional fluency in English

Nice to have

Experience in the cybersecurity domain
Experience building security or AI-driven products
Experience working in a fast-paced startup environment

Benefits

Competitive compensation package
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Before you apply

Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer-sponsored visa support, now or in the future
Conifers does not provide visa sponsorship for this position
Must be based in the Dallas–Fort Worth area and available to work on-site five days per week

About the company

Conifers is building CognitiveSOC, an AI SOC platform that uses agentic AI to help enterprises and MSSPs investigate security incidents. The company is backed by SYN Ventures and PICUS Capital, among others.