Senior Backend Engineer - AI Agent Platform

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lightning servicesNew York (NY)

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About the role

Lightning AI is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build the backend systems powering AI agent orchestration and execution. You’ll create scalable APIs and platform capabilities for tool use, workflow orchestration, memory, and state management. You’ll partner with Core Platform, Training & Experimentation, Sandboxes, and Optimized Compute to deliver reliable, scalable capabilities, with a strong emphasis on observability and performance.

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