Senior Software Engineer, Agent Platform (AI for the Planet)
The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence · Seattle, WA
Posted about 3 months ago · $146,880 - $220,320
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 76 days The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence's roles stay open a median of 81 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- Yes 83% of The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence
- high 22 stale, 0 reposted of 24 open
- Hiring momentum
- 37 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
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About this role
The Senior Software Engineer for the Agent Platform at the Allen Institute for AI will work on building and evolving a platform that supports conservation groups and government agencies in deploying AI agents. Responsibilities include developing core services, user interfaces, and documentation, while collaborating closely with partners to improve the platform based on user feedback. The role emphasizes hands-on involvement with the platform, including building and running agents, and requires regular interaction with users to understand their needs and challenges.
- benefits
- 3/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 5/5
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What you need
- 8+ years of professional software engineering experience
- Experience across the stack: web UIs, backend services, CLIs, and cloud tooling
- A track record of shipping products to external users and talking with those users directly
- Good judgment about priorities: you fix blockers first and keep scope small
- Clean, tested code, and experience reviewing other people's code
- Opinions about API design, and a preference for simple designs over clever ones
Nice to have
- Experience building developer tools, CLIs, SDKs, or public APIs for outside users
- Experience building or running LLM agents, including prompts, tools, and evals
- Experience building evaluation or experimentation systems
- Small or growth-stage company experience
- Public technical work such as open source contributions, writing, or side projects
What you get
- Team members and their families are covered by medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program
- Team members are able to enroll in our health savings account plan, our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans
- Team members are able to enroll in our company’s 401k plan
- Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and will also receive $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses
- Team members will also receive up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year
- Team members will be able to receive annual bonuses and can participate in the long-term incentive plan.
Worth weighing
- On-site work is required, with expectations for regular office presence
- The role involves significant user interaction, which may require travel
- The organization focuses on impactful environmental issues, which may appeal to candidates interested in conservation and climate solutions.
- The job emphasizes a collaborative and iterative approach to development, which may suit candidates who thrive in dynamic environments.
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Listed by The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-23. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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