TL;DR

Senior Software Engineer (AI): Building tools to empower customers to create and optimize AI agents with an accent on eliminating manual engineering work and designing elegant abstractions. Focus on creating AI-powered self-serve functionality and building monitoring/analytics for agent improvement.

Location: San Francisco, On-site

Salary: $250,000 – $330,000 + Equity

Company

Decagon is a leading conversational AI platform empowering brands to deliver concierge customer experiences, backed by world-class investors.

What you will do

  • Eliminate manual engineering by building self-serve functionality for agent configuration, training, and deployment.
  • Create AI-powered tools enabling non-technical teams to manage sophisticated workflows without code.
  • Design configuration abstractions balancing power and simplicity for diverse use cases.
  • Build monitoring and analytics to surface actionable insights for agent improvement.
  • Own features end-to-end, from technical architecture to deployment and iteration.

Requirements

  • 4+ years building full-stack software products with strong product thinking.
  • Proficient in TypeScript and/or Python, comfortable working across the entire stack.
  • Experience translating complex technical capabilities into simple, usable interfaces.
  • Track record of balancing technical excellence with pragmatic shipping.

Nice to have

  • Experience building developer tools, APIs, platforms, or internal tools.
  • Background with LLMs, prompt engineering, or AI agent systems.
  • Familiarity with asynchronous programming and building scalable systems.
  • Experience with observability, data visualization, or analytics products.

Culture & Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision benefits.
  • Take what you need vacation policy.
  • Daily lunches, dinners, and snacks in the office.
  • In-office company driven by shared commitment to excellence and velocity.